baleful
Use Baleful in a sentence
fəl adjective
1.
full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
2.
Obsolete. wretched; miserable.
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baleful (ˈbeɪlfʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | harmful, menacing, or vindictive |
| 2. | archaic dejected |
| 'balefully | |
| —adv | |
| 'balefulness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
baleful
O.E. bealu-full, from bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from P.Gmc. *balwom (cf. O.S. balu, O.Fris. balu "evil," O.H.G. balo "destruction," O.N. bol, Gothic balwjan "to torment"), from PIE base *bheleu- "to beat." During Anglo-Saxon times, in poetic use only (e.g.
bealubenn "mortal wound," bealuðonc "evil thought"), and for long it was extinct, but revived by modern romantic poets.
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Example sentences
The expression in his eyes was baleful, aloof, and slightly suspicious.
There were no baleful stares at his box, only fist pumps after winning a well-played point.
The word is so loaded with baleful connotations that it tends to empurple any surrounding prose.
He had seen the white settlers pour into the valley, and the baleful impact they made on the natives' culture.
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