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bale·ful (bāl'fəl) adj.
Usage Note: Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but baleful usually applies to something that is menacing or foreshadows evil: a baleful look. Baneful most often describes that which is actually harmful or destructive: baneful effects of their foreign policy. |
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baleful
O.E. bealu-full, from bealu "evil, malice, misery," from P.Gmc. *balwom (cf. O.Fris. balu, O.H.G. balo, O.N. bol), from PIE base *bheleu- "to beat." In poetic use only during Anglo-Saxon times and long extinct, but revived by modern romantic poets.
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Language Translation for : baleful
Spanish:
siniestro, vil, ignominioso,
German:
unheilvoll,
Japanese:
有害な
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