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Webster 1913 Edition

Baneful

Bane′ful

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Adj.

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

“Baneful hemlock.”

Garth.

“Baneful wrath.”

Chapman.

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Bane′ful-ly

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adv.

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Bane′ful-ness

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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Baneful

BA'NEFUL

,

Adj.

Poisonous; pernicious; destructive.

Definition 2024

baneful

baneful

English

Adjective

baneful ‎(comparative more baneful, superlative most baneful)

Exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin.
Deadly or sinister.
Portending disaster.
(archaic) Poisonous.

Related terms

Synonyms

fatal
mortal

Antonyms

Translations

Exceedingly harmful

Finnish: tuhoisa (fi)
French: funeste (fr) m, f
Greek: ολέθριος (el) m ‎(oléthrios), επιζήμιος (el) m ‎(epizímios), καταστρεπτικός (el) m ‎(katastreptikós)

Irish: urbhadhach
Japanese: 有害な (ja) ‎(yūgai na)
Polish: zgubny (pl) m

Deadly

Bulgarian: гибелен (bg) ‎(gibelen), пагубен (bg) ‎(paguben)
Finnish: kohtalokas

Greek: θανάσιμος (el) m ‎(thanásimos), θανατηφόρος (el) m ‎(thanatifóros)
Japanese: 致死の (ja) ‎(chishi no), 命取りの ‎(inochitori no)