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单词 baleful
释义 bale·ful
\ˈbālfəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bealuful, baluful, from bealu, balu bale + -ful — more at bale
1. : marked by a deadly, malign, or pernicious influence or effect : maleficent
 < the baleful arts of sorcerers — J.G.Frazer >
 < their pale and ghastly features, more ghastly in that baleful and malignant light — T.L.Peacock >
 < the grating supervision of one particularly baleful sergeant — Byron Bentley >
2. : foreboding evil : ominous
 < the … company, despite the baleful economic outlook, decided to seek national distribution of its products — D.C.Morrill >
 < a man full of gloom and baleful predictions >
bale·ful·ly \-fəlē, -li\ adverb
bale·ful·ness noun -es
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