baleful
- Portending evil; ominous.
- (obsolete) Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
- (obsolete) Deadly, mortal.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbeɪl.fəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English baleful, balful, baluful, from Old English bealuful, which was equivalent to bealu + -ful. By surface analysis, bale (“evil, woe”) + -ful. See bale for further etymology.
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