The consequential experimental endeavour has been undertaken to investigate and control the strain-mediated coupling of the magnetic and electric properties of the composite systems composed of Sc-doped BaFe12O19 and KNbO3. A distinct non-disperse ferroelectric-like anomaly is observed Tkink∼ 265 K, which concomitantly coincides with the magnetic Tcone transition. The observation of external magnetic field dependence dielectric response shows a noticeable decrease in permittivity values, indicating a negative magnetodielectric response. The maximum intrinsic magnetodielectric response is seen in the vicinity of room temperature with the magnetodielectric ratio of 5.4% @ 1 kHz. The linearity of −Δɛ′(H)% vs. M2 plot is phenomenologically described with the Ginzburg–Landau theory with the magnetoelectric coupling term γP2M2. The magnetoelectric coupling relies on strain to induce crystal deformations (flexomagnetoelectric response) on either the ferroelectric phase through magnetostriction or in the magnetic phase through the converse piezoelectric effect. Strain-induced changes in the magnetic as well as dielectric properties of the composites lead to strong magnetoelectric coupling to throw more light exploring a potential candidate for room-temperature multiferroic materials.