Baneful

Definitions: Baneful

Baneful

Adjective

1. Exceedingly harmful.

2. Deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look".

Date "baneful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Baneful

Synonyms: baleful (adj), deadly (adj), pernicious (adj), pestilent (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Bane	Adjective: baneful; (bad); poisonous; (unwholesome).
Inexpedience	Adjective: hurtful, harmful, scathful, baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable, disadvantageous; wide-wasting.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Baneful

English words defined with "baneful": banefully ♦ perniciously. (references)

Specialty definitions using "baneful": Devils. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Baneful sorceries, or; The countess bewitched (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Clock tower; midnight; wolf; witching hour; ominous; apocalyptic; augural; baleful; baneful; clouded; dangerous; dark; dire; direful; dismal; doomed; doomful; fateful; fearful; forbidding; gloomy; grim; haunting; hostile; ill-boding; ill-fated; impending.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	With the catastrophe in which the wars of the French Revolution terminated, and our own subsequent peace with Great Britain, this baneful weed of party strife was uprooted.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Baneful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Baneful" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	10	111,207

Language		Translations for "baneful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vdekjeprurës (basilisk, deadly, fatal, feral, homicidal, internecine, lethal, lethiferous, mortal, murderous, pestilent, pestilential, vital), i dëmshëm (damnific, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, injurious, malefic, maleficent, malign, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, unwholesome), fatal (deathly, fatal, fateful, feral, pernicious, vital). (various references)

Arabic		‏مهلك (annihilating, baleful, deadly, deathly, destructive, fatal, internecine, lethal, murderous, pernicious, pestilent, ruinous, withering), ‏وبيل (insalubrious, noxious, unhealthy), ‏سام (empyrean, pestilent, poisonous, sublime, toxic, venomous, virulent). (various references)

Bulgarian		пагубен (baleful, calamitous, damnific, detrimental, evil, fatal, fateful, homicidal, malign, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, ruinous, subversive). (various references)

Chinese		有害 (Adverse, Deleterious, harmful, injurious, Pernicious). (various references)

Czech		zkázonosný (ominous), zhoubný (baleful, deadly, destructive, hurtful, malign, malignant, noisome, pernicious, ruinous, unwholesome, virulent). (various references)

Farsi		موذی (Arch, Insidious, Mischievous, Shrewd, Sly), مضر (Adverse, Bad, Derogatory, Evil, Foe, Harmful, Inadvisable, Inimical, Injurious, Insanitary, Nocuous, Noxious, Obnoxious, Pernicious, Unwholesome), زهرالود (Poison). (various references)

French		funeste (baleful), fatal. (various references)

German		verderblich (baleful, balefully, banefully, corrupting, malign, noxious, perishable, pernicious, perniciously, perversive, ruinous, unwholesome), schädlich (adverse, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, harmful, harmfull, hurtful, inimical, injurious, injuriously, malign, malignly, mischievous, mischievously, noisome, nonconstructive, noxal, noxious, noxiously, pernicious, perniciousness, prejudicial, unhealthy). (various references)

Greek		ολέθριοσ (calamitous, disastrous, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, ruinous), οδυνηρόσ (aching, afflictive, baleful, painful). (various references)

Hungarian		vészes (baleful, ruinous). (various references)

Italian		velenoso (poisonous, toxic, venomous), dannoso (bad, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, noxious). (various references)

Korean		해로운 (Baleful). (various references)

Manx		stroiagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		anefulbay.(various references)

Portuguese		venenoso (pestilent, poisonous, snaky, toxic, venomous, viperous), prejudicial (adverse, bad, deteriorative, detrimental, detrimentally, harmful, hurtful, ill feeling, inimical, injurious, nod, pestiferous, prejudicial, ruinous, wrongful), funesto (dismal, fatal beating, tragic). (various references)

Romanian		vãtãmãtor (baleful, cankerous, deleterious, harmful, injurious, maleficent, mischievous, noisome, noxious), ucigãtor (cut throat, dreadful, homicidal, killing, murderous, murderously, pestilent, terrible), otrãvitor (corrupting, fatal, noisome, noxious, perverting, poisoner, poisonous, venomous), nociv (harmful, noxious, poisonous), nefast (bad, baleful, black letter, evil, poisonous, poisonously), funest (calamitous, deadly, disastrous, fatal, fateful, feral, sinister). (various references)

Russian		гибельный (baleful, disastous, disastrous, pernicious, sinister). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ubitačan (fatal, hurtful, murderous, pernicious), smrtonosan (fatal, lethal, lethiferous), štetan (adverse, bad, baleful, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, inimical, injurious, maleficent, mischievous, nocuous, noisome, prejudicial). (various references)

Spanish		funesto (baleful, black, disastrous, evil, fatal, fell, ill fated, pernicious, unfortunate). (various references)

Swedish		fördärvlig (deleterious, destructive, evil, injurious, pernicious, pestilent), ödesdiger (capital, fatal, fateful, irremeable, ominous). (various references)

Turkish		zararlı (baleful, corruptive, deleterious, derogatory, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, insalubrious, malefic, maleficent, mischievous, nocuous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, prejudicial, unhealthy, unwholesome), yıkıcı (destructive, devastating, disruptive, ruinous, shattering, sledgehammer, subversive), öldürücü (deadly, deathlike, deathly, fatal, fateful, fell, homicidal, killing, lethal, murderous, perishing, pestilent, pestilential, virulent, vital). (various references)

Ukranian		шкідливий (adverse, bad, baleful, calamitous, cancerous, cankerous, damnific, deleterious, destructive, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, insanitary, mischievous, nocuous, noisome, noxious, pestiferous, pestilent, sickly, unhealthy, wrongful), отруйний (deleterious, nocuous, noxious, poison-bearing, poisonous, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent), згубний (calamitous, damnatory, damnific, damning, deleterious, destructive, fatal, holocaustal, holocaustic, maleficent, malign, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, prejudicial, prejudicious, ruinous, withering). (various references)

Vietnamese		xấu độc, tai hại (calamitous, disastrous, fatal, harm), l� m chết người (deadly, lethal), độc hại. (various references)

Welsh		dinistriol (destroying, destructive), andwyol (harmful, ruinous), adwythig (cruel, evil, malignant, sick, sore). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "baneful": banefully. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Baneful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babeuf, Banefeld, Banefelde, bankfull, barnful, baseful, beakerful, Benefo, binfull, Bonafoux, bonnefous, Bonneuil, Faneuil, Mbanefo, Nabeul, Panafu. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "baneful" (pronounced 'Bane"ful'): Abuseful, Affrightful, Aidful, Amazeful, Amendful, Annoyful, Armful, Artful, Assistful, Avengeful, Aviseful, Awful, Baleful, Barful, Bashful, Bateful, Batful, Beamful, Behooveful, Beliefful, Blameful, Blissful, Blitheful, Blushful, Boastful, Boatful, Bodeful, Bookful, Breathful, Bretful, Brimful, Capful, Careful, Causeful, Chanceful, Changeful, Chargeful, Charmful, Cheerful, Choiceful, Complaintful, Contentful, Corruptful, Crimeful, Cropful, Cupful, Dareful, Darkful, Deathful, Debateful, Deceitful, Deedful, Delightful, Dernful, Desertful, Designful, Desireful, Despairful, Despiteful, Deviceful, Devoutful, Direful, Dirgeful, Discontentful, Discordful, Disdainful, Diseaseful, Disgraceful, Disgustful, Dishful, Dislikeful, Dismayful, Dispatchful, Disregardful, Disrespectful, Distasteful, Distractful, Distressful, Distrustful, Doleful, Doomful, Doubtful, Dreadful, Dreamful, Dueful, Dureful, Earnful, Easeful, Entreatful, Eventful, Exciteful, Eyeful, Faithful, Fateful, Faultful, Fearful, Feastful, Fenceful, Fiendful, Fishful, fitful, Foodful, forceful, forgetful, Formful, Fountful, Fraudful, fretful, frightful, Friskful, fruitful, gainful, Gameful, Gashful, Gaudful, Gazeful, Gerful, Ghastful, Gladful, Gleeful, graceful, grateful, Griefful, Gripeful, Groanful, Growthful, Grudgeful, Guardful, guileful, Gyreful, handful, Harangueful, harmful, hateful, Healful, healthful, heedful, helpful, Hoful, hopeful, hurtful, Increaseful, Intreatful, Inventful, ireful, Jestful, joyful, lapful, LAWFUL, Leapful, Leful, Lengthful, Leveful, Lifeful, Lightful, Listful, Loathful, Lossful, Loudful, Loveful, lustful, manful, Mastful, Mazeful, Meedful, Mightful, Milkful, mindful, mirthful, Mischanceful, Misdoubtful, Mistful, mistrustful, Moanful, Moistful, Molestful, Mopeful, Mournful, Mouthful, Museful, Needful, Neglectful, Nestful, Noiseful, Noteful, Noyful, Offenseful, Overawful, Overcareful, Overfruitful, Pailful, Painful, Panful, Pangful, Peaceful, Pestful, Pithful, Placeful, Plagueful, Plaintful, Plateful, Playful, Plotful, Prateful, Prayerful, Presageful, Pretenseful, Preyful, Prideful, Purseful, Quemeful, Rageful, Rapeful, Rashful, Rebukeful, Recourseful, refreshful, regardful, regretful, Reliefful, remindful, Remissful, remorseful, Renownful, reposeful, reproachful, Researchful, resentful, Resistful, resourceful, respectful, restful, Resultful, Retreatful, revengeful, rewardful, Rewful, rightful, Riskful, rueful, Rustful, Sapful, Scathful, Sceneful, Scentful, Schemeful, scornful, Senseful, Shadeful, shameful, Sheetful, Shendful, Shipful, Sightful, sinful, skilful, skillful, Skinful, Sleepful, Sleightful, Slightful, slothful, Sneerful, songful, Spaceful, spadeful, Spareful, Sparkful, Speechful, Speedful, Spellful, spiteful, Spitful, Spleenful, Spoilful, spoonful, Sportful, Sprightful, Startful, Stateful, Stealthful, Stickful, Stormful, Streamful, Strengthful, stressful, Strifeful, successful, Supportful, Surgeful, Suspectful, Swayful, tactful, Taleful, tasteful, tearful, Teemful, Teenful, Tentful, thankful, thoughtful, Threatful, Timeful, Toilful, Toothful, Topful, Tormentful, Toyful, Tradeful, Trayful, Treeful, Tressful, Trunkful, trustful, truthful, tubful, tuneful, Tureenful, unartful, Unbashful, Unblestful, unfaithful, unfruitful, ungraceful, ungrateful, unlawful, unskillful, unsuccessful, Untrustful, untruthful, Urnful, useful, Vatful, Vauntful, Vengeful, Voiceful, Wailful, Wakeful, Wareful, Warmful, Wasteful, Watchful, Wealful, Wealthful, Weepful, Weleful, Wileful, Willful, Wishful, Wistful, Witful, Workful, Worthful, Wrackful, Wrathful, Wrawful, Wreakful, Wreckful, Wretchful, Wrongful, Yardful, Yearnful, Youthful, Zealful. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-l-n-u"
	-1 letter: nebula, unable.
	-2 letters: fable, ulnae.
	-3 letters: able, alef, bale, bane, bean, beau, blae, blue, elan, fane, faun, feal, flab, flan, flea, flub, flue, fuel, lane, leaf, lean, lube, luna, lune, nabe, ulan, ulna, unbe.
	-4 letters: alb, ale, ane, bal, ban, bel, ben, bun, eau, elf, fan, fen, feu, flu, fub, fun, lab, lea, leu, nab, nae, neb, nub.
	-5 letters: ab, ae, al, an, ba, be, ef, el, en, fa, la, na, ne, nu, un.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-f-l-n-u"
	+2 letters: banefully, unflyable, unifiable.
	+3 letters: infibulate, refundable, unfeasible, unfindable.
	+4 letters: balefulness, bashfulness, confabulate, infibulated, infibulates, unbeautiful, undefinable, unfavorable, unflappable.
	+5 letters: boastfulness, confabulated, confabulates, fabulousness, insufferable, insufferably, quantifiable, transfusable, transfusible, unaffordable, unfathomable, unforgivable, unmodifiable, unprofitable, unverifiable.
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