Definitions for baneful
ˈbeɪn fəlbane·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

   exceedingly harmful

2. baleful, banefuladjective

   deadly or sinister

   "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. banefuladjective

   Exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin.

2. banefuladjective

   Deadly or sinister.

3. banefuladjective

   Portending disaster.

4. banefuladjective

   Poisonous.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Banefuladjective

   Etymology: from bane and full.

   1. Poisonous.

   For voyaging to learn the direful art,
   To taint with deadly drugs the barbed dart;
   Observant of the gods, and sternly just,
   Ilus refus’d t’ impart the baneful trust. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. i.

   2. Destructive.

   The silver eagle too is sent before,
   Which I do hope will prove to them as baneful,
   As thou conceiv’st it to the commonwealth. Ben Jonson, Catil.

   The nightly wolf is baneful to the fold,
   Storms to the wheat, to buds the bitter cold. John Dryden, Virgil.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. baneful

   Baneful is an adjective used to describe something that is harmful, destructive, or deadly. It often refers to things that cause ruin or great distress.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Banefuladjective

   having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious

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How to pronounce baneful?

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How to say baneful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of baneful in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of baneful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of baneful in a Sentence

1. Herman Melville:

   If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=baneful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Baneful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=baneful
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baneful
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=baneful