baleful

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English bealofull.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beɪlfəl/

[edit] Adjective

baleful (comparative more baleful, superlative most baleful)

  1. Portending evil; ominous.
    • 1674 -- John Milton: Paradise Lost (Book I)
      round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay.
  2. Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.

[edit] Translations

ominous
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