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1. (adj.) baleful
menacing or malign; threatening evil:
baleful glances.
2. baleful
Archaic. wretched; miserable.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE bealofull. See bale2, -ful)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) baleful, baneful
deadly or sinister
"the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"
2. (adj) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
"a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) baleful
full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive
2. (adj) baleful
full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad
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Sense: evil or harmful
a baleful influence.
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 Afrikaans: verderflik, nadelig |
 Arabic: ذو تأْثيرٍ سيّء |
 Bulgarian: гибелен |
 Brazilian: malévolo |
 Czech: zlý, škodlivý |
 German: unheilvoll |
 Danish: dårlig; skadelig |
 Greek: κακός, κακοπροαίρετος, επ |
 Spanish: siniestro, vil, ignominio |
 Estonian: hukutav |
 Farsi: شرور؛ زیان بخش |
 Finnish: turmiollinen |
 French: sinistre |
 Hebrew: רַע |
 Hindi: नुकसानदेह |
 Croatian: zao, koban |
 Hungarian: káros |
 Indonesian: buruk |
 Icelandic: illur, skaðlegur; óheilla |
 Italian: malefico, nocivo |
 Japanese: 有害な |
 Korean: 사악한 |
 Lithuanian: pražūtingas |
 Latvian: ļauns; kaitīgs; postošs |
 Malay: mendatangkan kecelakaan |
 Dutch: verderfelijk, onheilspell |
 Norwegian: ond, skadelig |
 Polish: szkodliwy |
 Persian: شرور؛ زیان بخش |
 Pashto: تاوان رسونکی، وژونکی |
 Portuguese: malévolo |
 Romanian: rău |
 Russian: пагубный |
 Slovak: škodlivý |
 Slovenian: zli, poguben |
 Serbian: poguban |
 Swedish: olycksbringande, fördärvl |
 Thai: มุ่งร้ายหรือร้ายกาจ |
 Turkish: uğursuz, kötü |
 Taiwanese: 惡意的，不良的 |
 Ukrainian: лиховісний; згубний |
 Urdu: مضرت رساں ، مخرب |
 Vietnamese: tai họa |
 Chinese: 邪恶的，有害的 |
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