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baneful

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baneful /ˈbeɪnfəl/ adjective
baneful
/ˈbeɪnfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of BANEFUL
formal + literary
: causing destruction or serious damage : bad or evil引起灾祸的;造成严重损失的;邪恶的
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baneful

adjective

bane·​ful ˈbān-fəl How to pronounce baneful (audio)
1
: productive of destruction or woe : seriously harmful
a baneful influence
2
archaic : poisonous
banefully adverb
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pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful.

pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining.

the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society

baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying.

the baneful notion that discipline destroys creativity

noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind.

noxious chemical fumes

deleterious applies to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect.

a diet found to have deleterious effects

detrimental implies obvious harmfulness to something specified.

the detrimental effects of excessive drinking

Example Sentences

The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor. the baneful consequences of war
Recent Examples on the Web The impact these soldiers had on the South was baneful. New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022 To home in on what gives these peculiar primates their baneful bite, Fry and his colleagues collected the underarm secretions from a handful of wild slow lorises housed at a research station in Indonesia and isolated the proteins within. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Feb. 2020 We are mired in a baneful pandemic unlike anything endured for a century, parsing our lives into 14-day increments of health and survival — or not. Peter M. Leschak, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020 This resulted in all the baneful consequences of the French Revolution, which Edmund Burke so brilliantly exposed in his Reflections on the Revolution in France. Jaithirth Rao, Quartz India, 4 Nov. 2019 Chaos convincingly ebbs and flows in this rattling film, a baneful tide lapping at some of history’s most troubled shores. Richard Lawson, HWD, 20 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of baneful was in 1566
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