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Synonyms for baleful

Grammar : Adj
Spell : beyl-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪl fəl

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Définition of baleful

Origin :
  • Old English bealu-full "dire, wicked, cruel," from bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balwom (cf. Old Saxon balu, Old Frisian balu "evil," Old High German balo "destruction," Old Norse bol, Gothic balwjan "to torment"), from PIE root *bheleu- "to beat." During Anglo-Saxon times, the noun was in poetic use only (e.g. bealubenn "mortal wound," bealuðonc "evil thought"), and for long baleful was extinct, but it was revived by modern romantic poets. Related: Balefully.
  • adj menacing
Example sentences :
  • Of all mortal possessions they are the most useless, mischievous, and baleful.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • THEN the baleful fiend its fire belched out, and bright homes burned.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • Richard paled under the baronet's baleful, half-sneering glance.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Gian Maria returned him no answer, but his baleful eye was upon Martino.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • As he disappeared her beautiful face darkened with a baleful cloud.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • This was, of course, Mary Grey, bound upon her baleful errand.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • Bill cast a baleful glance at his rival and thrust 247 out his chin insolently.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • There was not an artifice I did not practise to cure myself of this baleful infatuation.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • The regard they fixed on his face was baleful in its intentness.
  • Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
  • This notion was so baleful that Gustavus felt it best to answer it.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson

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