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balefulness Definition


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baleful
adj
    1. Evil; harmful.
      Thesaurus: harmful, deadly, noxious, malevolent, evil, ominous, menacing, pernicious, ruinous, fell; Antonym: auspicious, favourable.
    2. Threatening; gloomy.
Derivative: balefully
adverb
    With menace; threateningly.
Derivative: balefulness
noun
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon bealufull, from bealu evil.



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