See baleful on Wiktionary
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"wretched",
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"(obsolete) Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering."
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"text": "With balefull weedes, and precious Iuiced flowers, / The earth that's Natures mother, is her Tombe,",
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"(obsolete) Deadly, mortal."
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{
"word": "terminal"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlovešt",
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"word": "зловещ"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "ominous",
"word": "sinistre"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ominous",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"code": "ang",
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"word": "bealu"
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"word": "torvo"
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "tūreikura"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈbalful/"
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{
"word": "balfulle"
}
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}
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