[syn: baleful, baneful]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Baneful \Bane"ful\, a.
Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious;
noxious; pernicious. "Baneful hemlock." --Garth. "Baneful
wrath." --Chapman.
[1913 Webster] -- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --Bane"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
baneful
adj 1: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly,
pernicious, pestilent]
2: deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful
look" [syn: baleful, baneful]