baneful

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Adjective

baneful

1. (archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
2. Harmful, injurious.
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 32:

     This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […].

Synonyms

• fatal
• mortal

Antonyms

• helpful
• productive

Related terms

• bane
• banefully
• banefulness

Translations

• French: funeste

Translations

• French: funeste

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