Baleful

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  • adjective. Portending evil; ominous.
  • adjective. Harmful or malignant in intent or effect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of hurtful or malign influence; destructive; pernicious; noxious; direful; deadly: as, “baleful breath,”
  • baleful drugs,”
  • Fraught with bale; full of calamity or misfortune; disastrous; wretched; miserable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
  • adjective. Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Portending evil; ominous.
  • adjective. Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  • adjective. deadly or sinister
  • Word Usage
    "If I do not succeed in getting Dionea this place (and all your Excellency's illustriousness and all my poor eloquence will be needed to counteract the sinister reports attaching to our poor little waif), it will be best to accept your suggestion of taking the girl into your household at Rome, since you are curious to see what you call our baleful beauty."
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