macabre : gruesome; grisly Machiavellian : crafty; double-dealing magnanimous : generous magniloquent : boastful; pompous malevolent : wishing evil malicious : dictated by hatred or spite malignant : having an evil influence; virulent malleable : capable of being shaped by pounding mammoth : gigantic mandatory : obligatory maniacal : raving mad manifest : understandable; clear marital : pertaining to marriage maritime : bordering on the sea; nautical martial : warlike maternal : motherly maudlin : effusively sentimental mauve : pale purple meddlesome : interfering mediocre : ordinary; commonplace mellifluous : flowing smoothly; smooth mendacious : lying; false menial : suitable for servants; low mercantile : concerning trade mercenary : interested in money or gain mercurial : fickle; changing meretricious : flashy; tawdry metallurgical : pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores |