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baleful

[ beyl-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.

    Synonyms: deadly, wicked, evil, detrimental, injurious, malign, harmful

  2. Obsolete. wretched; miserable.


baleful

/ ˈbeɪlfʊl /

adjective

  1. harmful, menacing, or vindictive
  2. archaic.
    dejected


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbalefully, adverb
  • ˈbalefulness, noun

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Other Words From

  • baleful·ly adverb
  • baleful·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of baleful1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English bealofull. See bale 2, -ful

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Example Sentences

She will unearth more than their remains in a quest that becomes a journey of baleful discovery and painful self-discovery.

A cry I was quite unable to suppress escaped me, and the creature turned on the instant and stared at me with baleful eyes.

As the animal crouched at Bascomb's feet, his baleful eyes turned in the boy's direction, and he growled menacingly.

Nita groaned, and looked down with loathing eyes at the baleful jewel that hung loosely on her wasted hand.

I feared, the "luck of the Le Moynes" and their baleful motto.

He had toiled until he held the baleful genie in a glass vessel partially filled with water, and the sprite could not be seen.

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