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baneful

English

Etymology

From bane +? -ful.

Adjective

baneful (comparative more baneful, superlative most 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

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spiteful

English

Alternative forms

  • spightful (obsolete)
  • spightfull (obsolete)
  • spitefull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English spytefulle, equivalent to spite +? -ful.

Adjective

spiteful (comparative spitefuller, superlative spitefullest)

  1. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
    Synonyms: malignant, malicious

Translations

Further reading

  • spiteful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • spiteful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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