Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 913 (Maleficent being Evil doer -- N)

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#913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer -- N. evil doer, evil worker; wrongdoer &c. 949; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant; destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast|!.

firebrand, incendiary, fire bug [U. S.], pyromaniac; anarchist, communist|!, terrorist.

savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian[obs], caitiff, desperado; Apache[obs], hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly*, pug-ugly* [U.S.], Red Skin, tough [U. S.]; Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk; bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin[obs], dangerous classes, ugly customer; thief &c. 792.

cockatrice, scorpion, hornet.

snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass; serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda|!.

canker-worm, wire-worm; locust, Colorado beetle; alacran[obs], alligator, caymon[obs], crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus; torpedo; bane &c. 663.

cutthroat &c. (killer) 461.

cannibal; anthropophagus|!, anthropophagist|!; bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture; gyrfalcon|!, gerfalcon|!.

wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman; blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound; catamount [U. S.], cougar, jaguar, puma.

hag, hellhag[obs], beldam, Jezebel.

monster; fiend &c. (demon) 980; devil incarnate, demon in human shape; Frankenstein's monster.

harpy, siren; Furies, Eumenides.

Hun, Attila[obs], scourge of the human race.

Phr. faenum habet in cornu [Lat].