baneful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite exceedingly harmful
    deadly; pestilent; pernicious.
  2. adjective satellite deadly or sinister
    baleful.
    • the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look

WordNet


Bane"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. "Baneful hemlock." Garth. "Baneful wrath." Chapman. -- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --Bane"ful*ness, n.

Webster 1913