baneful

English

Etymology

From bane +‎ -ful.

Adjective

baneful (comparative more baneful, superlative most baneful)

Exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin.
Deadly or sinister.
Portending disaster.
(archaic) Poisonous.

Synonyms

fatal
mortal

Antonyms

Related terms

Translations

Exceedingly harmful

Finnish: tuhoisa (fi)
French: funeste (fr) m, f
Greek: ολέθριος (el) m (oléthrios), επιζήμιος (el) m (epizímios), καταστρεπτικός (el) m (katastreptikós)

Irish: urbhadhach
Japanese: 有害な (ja) (yūgai na)
Polish: zgubny (pl) m

Deadly

Bulgarian: гибелен (bg) (gibelen), пагубен (bg) (paguben)
Finnish: kohtalokas
French: funeste (fr) m, f

Greek: θανάσιμος (el) m (thanásimos), θανατηφόρος (el) m (thanatifóros)
Japanese: 致死の (ja) (chishi no), 命取りの (inochitori no)

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