baleful

a. 有害的, 恶意的

发音

其它 /ˈbeɪl.fəl/

词形变化

balefulest balefullest more baleful 比较级 most baleful 最高级

别名

balefull

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Portending evil; ominous.

    I learned the speech of birds; now every tree Screams out to me a baleful prophecy.

  2. 2.

    Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Deadly, mortal.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

threatening ominous sinister menacing forbidding baneful minacious minatory

近义相关 2

alarming maleficent

词源

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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