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Definition of Baneful

1. Adjective. Exceedingly harmful.

2. Adjective. Deadly or sinister. "The Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"

Definition of Baneful

1. a. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.

Definition of Baneful

1. Adjective. Exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin. ¹

2. Adjective. Deadly or sinister. ¹

3. Adjective. Portending disaster. ¹

4. Adjective. (archaic) Poisonous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baneful

1. poisonous [adj] - See also: poisonous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baneful

bandwidths bandy bandy-leg bandy-legged bandy about bandy legs bandying bandyings bandylite bandyman

bandymen bane baneberries baneberry baned baneful (current term) banefully banefulness banes banewort

bang-up bang about bang around bang away bang flag gun bang for the buck bang on bang out bang straw

Literary usage of Baneful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"Lengthened and baneful incumbency of the Emperor's plan. the General deferred to the wish of his Sovereign with any degree of reluctance. ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"there is, as in the greater portion of Browning's longer poems and dramas, a baneful equality of emphasis.—SHARP, WILLIAM, 1890, Life 0} Robert Browning ..."

3. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"baneful Effects of P•rty Spirit.—Scenes of Horror.—Unpleasant Intelligence.—Journey continued.— A fastidious Beggar.—Chinandega.—Gulf of Conchagua. ..."

4. The Founders of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1905)
"CHAPTER II GROWTH of geological ideas in the Middle Ages—Avicenna and :r Arabs: baneful influence of theological dogma. Controversy regarding the nature of ..."

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