[responsivevoice] baleful [/responsivevoice] [ beyl-fuhl ]
The word of the day is ‘baleful’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Menacing
2. Threatening harm
3. Having a harmful or destructive effect
4. Deadly
1. The regard they fixed on his face was baleful in its intentness.
2. Bill shot a baleful glance in her direction
3. Of all mortal possessions, they are the most useless, mischievous, and baleful.
4. As he disappeared her beautiful face darkened with a baleful cloud.
5. Bill cast a baleful glance at his rival and thrust 247 out his chin insolently.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
calamitous, deadly, dire, evil, foreboding, harmful, hurtful, injurious, malevolent, malignant, noxious, ominous, pernicious, ruinous, sinister, threatening, venomous, vindictive, woeful, menacing, unfriendly, hostile, antagonistic, evil-intentioned, wicked, nasty, hate-filled, bitter, acrimonious, malicious, malign, dangerous, virulent, poisonous, vitriolic, malefic, maleficent etc.
advantageous, auspicious, favourable, good, helping, promising, benevolent, friendly
Quotation:
The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs has yet to settle like a miasma of standardization on the English literary scene. But it’s beginning to happen.
Will Self
Social Example:
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