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Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Here’s the WOW for this week :

Word:

Baleful

Part Of Speech:

Adjective

Derivatives:

• balefully  adverb 
• balefullness  noun

Pronunciation:

|ˈbeɪlfʊl, -f(ə)l| ; bale·ful

Meaning:

Threatening harm; menacing.

Having a harmful or destructive effect.

Synonyms:

Menacing, threatening, hostile, unfriendly antagonistic, evil, wicked, nasty, acrimonious, malevolent, malicious, malignant, sinister, virulent.

Antonyms:

Benevolent, friendly.

Word Origin:

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Usage Note: 

Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but baleful usually applies to something that is menacing or foreshadows evil: a baleful  look. Baneful most often describes that which is actually harmful or destructive: baneful effects of their foreign policy.

-The Free Dictionary by Random House

Use In Sentences:

• She gave him a baleful stare.

  

• He shot a baleful glance in her direction.

  

• The baleful influence of Rasputin.

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