Words That Start With MA

malevolent

Adjective : Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.

Adjective : Having an evil or harmful influence.

macabre

Adjective : Representing or personifying death.

Adjective : Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

Adjective : Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

malaise

Noun : A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.

Noun : An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.

Noun : Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone.

malign

Adjective : Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

Adjective : Malevolent.

Adjective : (oncology) Malignant.

manifest

Adjective : Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.

Adjective : Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.

Adjective : (rare, used with "of") Detected; convicted.

mantle

Noun : A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.

Noun : (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.

Noun : (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.

maverick

Adjective : (of cattle) Unbranded.

Adjective : Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

Noun : An unbranded range animal.

mayhem

Noun : A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.

Noun : Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.

Noun : (law) The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.

malady

Noun : Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.

Noun : A moral or mental defect or disorder.

maven

Noun : (chiefly US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

Noun : (NASA, space science) Acronym of Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (a space probe designed to investigate the Martian climate)

mark

Noun : (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.

Noun : (obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier.

Noun : (obsolete) A boundary-post or fence.

malignant

Adjective : Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

Adjective : (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

Noun : A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

malfeasance

Noun : Wrongdoing.

Noun : (law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

mandate

Noun : An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.

Noun : (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.

Noun : (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.

magnanimous

Adjective : Noble and generous in spirit.

malicious

Adjective : Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.

manifestation

Noun : The act or process of becoming manifest.

Noun : The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.

Noun : (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.

maudlin

Noun : (obsolete, Christianity) The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.

Noun : (historical) Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.

Noun : (obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel.

magus

Noun : A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.

Noun : (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.

marvelous

Adjective : (American spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

magistrate

Noun : (law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.

Noun : (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.

Noun : (by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.

maelstrom

Noun : A large and violent whirlpool.

Noun : (figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.

maunder

Verb : To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.

Verb : To wander or walk aimlessly.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To beg; to whine like a beggar.

manage

Verb : (transitive) To direct or be in charge of.

Verb : (transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).

Verb : (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).

macrocosm

Noun : (philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.

Noun : (used absolutely) The universe.

malice

Noun : Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.

Noun : (law) An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.

Verb : To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.

mauve

Noun : (historical) A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.

Noun : A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.

Adjective : Having a pale purple colour.

maypole

Noun : A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.

Noun : (idiomatic) A very tall girl or young lady.

Noun : (ornithology) A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.

maledict

Adjective : accursed, cursed

Verb : To curse

Verb : To berate

maxim

Noun : (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

Noun : A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

Noun : A surname

marvel

Noun : That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.

Noun : (archaic) wonder, astonishment.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To wonder at.

maneuver

Noun : (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

Noun : Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.

Noun : A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.

maestro

Noun : (chiefly music) A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.

Noun : (slang) A gang elder in prison.

magisterial

Adjective : Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.

Adjective : Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.

malevolence

Noun : Hostile attitude or feeling.

Noun : Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

magnate

Noun : Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.

Noun : A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.

Noun : (historical) In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.

marrow

Noun : (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.

Noun : A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.

Noun : The pith of certain plants.

malodorous

Adjective : Having a bad odor.

Adjective : (figuratively) Highly improper.

markedly

Verb : In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.

malefic

Adjective : Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.

Noun : (astrology) A malefic planet.

marginal

Adjective : (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).

Adjective : Written in the margin of a book.

Adjective : (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.

malcontent

Adjective : Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.

Noun : A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.

Noun : (obsolete) A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.

manifold

Adjective : Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

Adjective : Many in number; numerous.

Adjective : Complicated.

maculate

Verb : To spot; to stain; to blur.

Adjective : Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.

Adjective : Defiled; impure.

machiavellian

Adjective : Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.

Adjective : Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.

Noun : An unscrupulous schemer.

maladroit

Adjective : Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.

Noun : Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

marauder

Noun : Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

Noun : Any person who or thing which marauds.

mangled

Adjective : mutilated, twisted, or disfigured.

marshal

Noun : An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.

Noun : (historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.

mania

Noun : Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

Noun : Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

Noun : (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

mausoleum

Noun : A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

Noun : (by extension) A gloomy, usually large room or building.

malefactor

Noun : A criminal or felon.

Noun : An evildoer.

martyrdom

Noun : The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.

Noun : Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.

marred

Adjective : (obsolete) Of a person, perplexed or troubled

Adjective : (Lancashire, Yorkshire, of a child) Spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged, soft.

mangina

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A sensitive, cowardly or effeminate man.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A man who holds feminist beliefs.

Noun : (slang) The genitalia of a man tucked between the legs, often as a prank.

margin

Noun : (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.

Noun : The edge or border of any flat surface.

Noun : (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.

march

Noun : A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.

Noun : A journey so walked.

Noun : A political rally or parade.

manner

Noun : Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

Noun : Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

Noun : One's customary method of acting; habit.

martial

Adjective : (comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.

Adjective : (comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.

Adjective : (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.

magnificent

Adjective : Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.

Adjective : Grand or noble in action.

Adjective : Exceptional for its kind.

malapert

Noun : (archaic) A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.

Adjective : (archaic) Cheeky, impudent, saucy.

Noun : (obsolete) A personification of impudence or malapertness.

maligned

Adjective : Assailed with contemptuous language

marquee

Noun : (British, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.

Noun : (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.

Noun : (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.

maniacal

Adjective : Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.

manse

Verb : (transitive) To excommunicate; curse.

Noun : A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.

Noun : (archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.

malleable

Adjective : Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

Adjective : (figurative) Flexible, liable to change.

Adjective : (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

maroon

Noun : An escaped black person of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

Noun : A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Adjective : Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

magnetism

Noun : (physics) The property of being magnetic.

Noun : (physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.

Noun : Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.

malapropism

Noun : (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.

Noun : (countable) An instance of this; malaprop.

magniloquent

Adjective : Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

malapropos

Adjective : out of place; inappropriate

Verb : out of place; inappropriately

malaprop

Adjective : Characterized by the use of malapropisms.

Noun : A malapropism.

Verb : To use a malapropism.

mandated

Adjective : required, mandatory

magic

Noun : The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.

Noun : The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.

Noun : (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.

martyr

Noun : One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.

Noun : (by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.

Noun : (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.

magical

Adjective : Of, relating to, or by means of magic.

Adjective : Enchanting.

magnanimity

Noun : The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.

marginally

Verb : In a marginal manner, or to a marginal extent; barely sufficiently; slightly.

Verb : In the margin of a book.

magistery

Noun : (chiefly historical)

Noun : (countable, alchemy, also figuratively)

Noun : A pure quality with the power to cure or to turn one substance into another; also, a substance such as a philosopher's stone able to turn one substance into another.

man

Noun : An adult male human.

Noun : (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.

Noun : An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.

manna

Noun : (biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

Noun : (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.

Noun : The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.

manipulate

Verb : (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands

Verb : (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

Verb : (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

malediction

Noun : A curse.

Noun : Evil speech.

maximize

Verb : (transitive) To make as large as possible.

Verb : (computing, graphical user interface) To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.

manus

Noun : (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

Noun : (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

Noun : A surname from Irish.

manifestly

Verb : In a manifest manner; obviously.

malodor

Noun : An offensive odor.

martialist

Noun : A warrior.

Noun : (obsolete) A person from Mars; a Martian.

manimal

Noun : (informal) A fanciful life form that is part human and part beast; a creature recognizable as human but possessing physical or primitive behavioral characteristics that are exclusive to animals.

Noun : (slang, by analogy) A person compared to such a creature, especially an unkempt and uncivilized, or strong and sexually aggressive man.

market

Noun : A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.

Noun : A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.

Noun : Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.

marigold

Noun : Any of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

Noun : Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

Noun : (UK, slang, obsolete) A million pounds sterling.

magnetic

Adjective : Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.

Adjective : Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.

Adjective : Determined by earth's magnetic fields.

maleficent

Adjective : Harmful or evil in intent or effect.

mantled

Adjective : Dressed in a mantle, or something resembling a mantle.

marginalization

Noun : The act of marginalizing.

manifested

Adjective : Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.

Adjective : Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.

Adjective : (rare, used with "of") Detected; convicted.

maleficient

Adjective : (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of maleficent [Harmful or evil in intent or effect.]

maniac

Noun : An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

Noun : (figurative) A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

Noun : (Philippines) Short for sex maniac.

manor

Noun : A landed estate.

Noun : The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.

Noun : A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.

martinet

Noun : (military) A strict disciplinarian.

Noun : (figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.

Noun : (historical) A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.

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