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baleful

[ beyl-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  2. Obsolete. wretched; miserable.


baleful

/ ˈ²ú±ðɪ±ôŽÚʊ±ô /

adjective

  1. harmful, menacing, or vindictive
  2. archaic.
    dejected
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú²¹±ô±ðŽÚ³Ü±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²ú²¹±ô±ðŽÚ³Ü±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú²¹±ô±ðf³Ü±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²ú²¹±ô±ðf³Ü±ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of baleful1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English bealofull. See bale 2, -ful
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The basic premise that the U.S. is always and everywhere a baleful influence is not easy to falsify.

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They will all trace back to Wednesday, back to Dublin, back to the Europa League final, and they will all take exactly the same, baleful form: What if?

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But if a favorable disqualification ruling were joined by a ruling for Trump on immunity, it would take a baleful bite out of the court’s already tattered reputation and the future of our democracy.

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The baleful precedent of Jan. 6 and the countless death threats to judges, politicians, election workers and others coming from Trump’s supporters suggest we should assume the possibility of a worst-case scenario.

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A muscled baleful Spider person voiced by Oscar Isaac is present to impress on Gwen and Miles that being a superhero often involves hard choices as to who to save — and who you can’t.

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