"baneful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more baneful [comparative], most baneful [superlative]
Etymology: From bane + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bane|ful|pos=adjective}} bane + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} baneful (comparative more baneful, superlative most baneful)
  1. (archaic) Poisonous, deadly. Tags: archaic Translations (Deadly): μοιραῖος (moiraîos) (Ancient Greek), гибелен (gibelen) (Bulgarian), пагубен (paguben) (Bulgarian), kohtalokas (Finnish), funeste (French), θανάσιμος (thanásimos) (Greek), θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros) (Greek), μοιραίος (moiraíos) (Greek), 致死の (chishi no) (Japanese), 命取りの (inochitori no) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-baneful-en-adj-GIOtowFL Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'Deadly': 89 11
  2. Harmful, injurious. Translations (Exceedingly harmful): tuhoisa (Finnish), funeste (French), ολέθριος (oléthrios) (Greek), επιζήμιος (epizímios) (Greek), καταστρεπτικός (katastreptikós) (Greek), urbhadhach (Irish), 有害な (yūgai na) (Japanese), zgubny (Polish), згу́бний (zhúbnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-baneful-en-adj-xGPYIUqN Disambiguation of 'Exceedingly harmful': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fatal, mortal Related terms: bane, banefully, banefulness

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.",
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        "Poisonous, deadly."
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        "(archaic) Poisonous, deadly."
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gibelen",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "гибелен"
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          "roman": "paguben",
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "kohtalokas"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "funeste"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "thanásimos",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "θανάσιμος"
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          "roman": "thanatifóros",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "θανατηφόρος"
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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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          "roman": "moiraíos",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "μοιραίος"
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        },
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          "roman": "chishi no",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "致死の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "inochitori no",
          "sense": "Deadly",
          "word": "命取りの"
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
          "word": "tuhoisa"
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
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          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
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          "roman": "oléthrios",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
          "word": "ολέθριος"
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          "roman": "epizímios",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
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          "roman": "katastreptikós",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
          "word": "καταστρεπτικός"
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgai na",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
          "word": "有害な"
        },
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zhúbnyj",
          "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
          "word": "згу́бний"
        }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gibelen",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "гибелен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "paguben",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "пагубен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "kohtalokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "funeste"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thanásimos",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "θανάσιμος"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thanatifóros",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "θανατηφόρος"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "moiraíos",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "μοιραίος"
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      "roman": "moiraîos",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "μοιραῖος"
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      "roman": "chishi no",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "致死の"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "inochitori no",
      "sense": "Deadly",
      "word": "命取りの"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "tuhoisa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "funeste"
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      "roman": "oléthrios",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "ολέθριος"
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      "roman": "epizímios",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "επιζήμιος"
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      "roman": "katastreptikós",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "urbhadhach"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūgai na",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "有害な"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "zgubny"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zhúbnyj",
      "sense": "Exceedingly harmful",
      "word": "згу́бний"
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  "word": "baneful"
}

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