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baleful
[ beyl-fuhl ]
adjective
- full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- Obsolete. wretched; miserable.
baleful
/ ˈɪʊ /
adjective
- harmful, menacing, or vindictive
- archaic.dejected
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܱ, adverb
- ˈڳܱԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- fܱ· adverb
- fܱ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
That makes the action sequence showing Joel methodically gunning down armed men and women to retrieve his surrogate daughter thrilling and baleful because we are watching him write a check destined to come due.
The basic premise that the U.S. is always and everywhere a baleful influence is not easy to falsify.
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: if?
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.
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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