baneful
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Adjective (2)
- exceedingly harmfulSynonyms: deadlyperniciouspestilentOpposite innocuousSimilar noxious
- deadly or sinister“the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look”Synonyms: balefulOpposite beneficentSimilar maleficent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bane′ful (…), adjective
Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. “Baneful hemlock.” Sir Samuel Garth “Baneful wrath.” George Chapman
— Bane′wb-a1′>′ful·ly, adverb —Bane′wb-a1′>′ful·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54