Baleful
full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
obsolete. wretched; miserable.
contemporary examples
she will unearth more than their remains in a quest that becomes a journey of baleful discovery and painful self-discovery.
holocaust horrors haunt the films ‘ida’ and ‘the german doctor’ jack schwartz may 11, 2014
historical examples
the boat which has been tethered to the weird, baleful sh-r- is set free, and sails toward the glories of the morning.
my daily meditation for the circling year john henry jowett
of all mortal possessions they are the most useless, mischievous, and baleful.
imogen william g-dwin
if we reject it the vivid colors will grow pale; it will be a baleful meteor, portending tempest and war.
washington and the american republic, vol. 3. benson j. lossing
then the baleful fiend its fire belched out, and bright homes burned.
beowulf anonymous
it is not its power, but its treachery that is dreadful—the guise of friendship hiding a baleful purpose underneath.
the tenants of malory joseph sheridan le fanu
richard paled under the baronet’s baleful, half-sneering glance.
mistress wilding rafael sabatini
it was hard to smile at the bright, baleful face with the menace in the eyes.
a voice in the wilderness grace livingston hill
this was, of course, mary grey, bound upon her baleful errand.
victor’s triumph mrs. e. d. e. n. southworth
everyone inherits something from the baleful inst-tution, but not everyone the same.
the soul of john brown stephen graham
adjective
harmful, menacing, or vindictive
(archaic) dejected
adj.
old english bealu-full “dire, wicked, cruel,” from bealu “harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing,” from proto-germanic -balwom (cf. old saxon balu, old frisian balu “evil,” old high german balo “destruction,” old norse bol, gothic balwjan “to torment”), from pie root -bheleu- “to beat.” during anglo-saxon times, the noun was in poetic use only (e.g. bealubenn “mortal wound,” bealuðonc “evil thought”), and for long baleful was extinct, but it was revived by modern romantic poets. related: balefully.
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