Synonyms for baneful
ˈbeɪn fəlbane·ful

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1. baneful

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   bad, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

   exceedingly harmful

   Synonyms:
   pernicious, pestiferous, deathly, virulent, venomous, baleful, mortal, insidious, lethal, pestilent, deadly, plaguey, subtle, pestilential, mortal(a)

   Antonyms:
   innocuous, beneficent

2. baleful, banefuladjective

   deadly or sinister

   "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"

   Synonyms:
   forbidding, minacious, baleful, ominous, minatory, pestilent, deadly, pernicious, menacing, threatening, sinister

   Antonyms:
   beneficent, innocuous

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. banefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, venomous

2. banefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil

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How to use baneful in a sentence?

1. Herman Melville:

   If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.