baleful

Значение (Английский)

  1. Portending evil; ominous.
  2. (obsolete) Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
  3. (obsolete) Deadly, mortal.

Переводы

Произносится как (IPA)
/ˈbeɪl.fəl/
Этимология (Английский)

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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