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 : Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

Adjective : Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

Adjective : Representing or personifying death.

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 : Malevolent.

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

Verb : (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.

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.

Verb : (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

mantle

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

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

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

maverick

Adjective : Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

Noun : (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.

Noun : (by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.

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 crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.

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 : A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.

Noun : (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.

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.

Verb : To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.

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

Adjective : Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.

Adjective : Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.

Adjective : (obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose.

magus

Noun : (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.

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

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

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

maelstrom

Noun : (figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.

Noun : A large and violent whirlpool.

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 : (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. [with infinitive]

macrocosm

Noun : (used absolutely) The universe.

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

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

Adjective : Having a pale purple colour.

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

maypole

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

Verb : To dance or spin in a circle around something.

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

maledict

Adjective : accursed, cursed

Verb : To curse

Verb : To berate

maxim

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

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

Noun : (firearms) The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.

marvel

Verb : (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

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

Noun : (archaic) Wonder, astonishment.

maneuver

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

Noun : A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

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 : Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.

Noun : Hostile attitude or feeling.

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 similar to a large courgette, zucchini or squash.

Noun : (figurative) The essence; the best part.

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 : Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.

Adjective : (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.

malcontent

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

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

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

manifold

Adjective : Many in number; numerous.

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

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.

Noun : An unscrupulous schemer.

Adjective : Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.

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 : A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.

mania

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.

Noun : Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

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

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

marred

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

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

mangina

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

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

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

margin

Noun : (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

Noun : (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

Noun : A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

march

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

Noun : A political rally or parade.

Noun : Steady forward movement or progression.

manner

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

Noun : Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.

Noun : Good, polite behaviour.

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 : Exceptional for its kind.

Adjective : Grand or noble in action.

malapert

Adjective : (archaic) Cheeky, impudent, saucy.

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

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

maligned

Adjective : Assailed with contemptuous language

marquee

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

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

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

Noun : A large house, a mansion.

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 : A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

Adjective : Of a maroon color

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

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

Noun : A malapropism.

Adjective : Characterized by the use of malapropisms.

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 : (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.

Noun : Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.

martyr

Noun : One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red 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 or constantly, even involuntarily.

magical

Adjective : Enchanting.

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

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) (countable, alchemy, also figuratively)

Noun : (chiefly historical) 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.

Noun : (chiefly historical) (countable, chemistry) A fine substance deposited by precipitation, formerly applied to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions.

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 influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

Verb : (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use

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

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 : An island and a province in northern Papua New Guinea.

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

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.

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.

Adjective : Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.

magnetic

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

Adjective : Having an extraordinary ability to attract: attractive, alluring, persuasive

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

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.

Verb : (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

maleficient

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

maniac

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

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

Noun : (Philippines) Ellipsis of 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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