baleful
31baleful — adj. 1 (esp. of a manner, look, etc.) gloomy, menacing. 2 harmful, malignant, destructive. Derivatives: balefully adv. balefulness n. Etymology: BALE(2) + FUL …
32Baleful Prophet — Cassandra …
33baneful — baleful, baneful These two somewhat literary words are not much used in everyday language; baleful is slightly better known perhaps than baneful. Since they overlap in meaning, they tend to be confused. Baleful (from bale, ‘misery’) means ‘having …
34balefully — baleful ► ADJECTIVE 1) menacing. 2) having a harmful effect. DERIVATIVES balefully adverb. ORIGIN from an Old English word meaning evil …
35sinister — sinister,[/p] baleful, malign, malefic, maleficent all mean seriously threatening, portending, or promising evil or disaster, usually imminent or already initiated evil or disaster. Sinister is the most commonly employed of these words and the… …
36sinister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ominous, unlucky, portentous; left; evil, bad; unpropitious, baleful, injurious; ill starred; ^nalicious, harmful, corrupt. See badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. evil, bad, corrupt, perverse,… …
37sinister — adjective Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Anglo French senestre on the left, from Latin sinistr , sinister on the left side, unlucky, inauspicious Date: 15th century 1. archaic unfavorable, unlucky 2. archaic fraudulent 3. singularly… …
38Kuji-in — Ku ji simply means “nine syllables”, and refers to a variety of mantras that consist of nine syllables. The syllables used in kuji are numerous, especially within the realm of mikkyo (Japanese esoteric Buddhism)[citation needed]. The kuji most… …
39Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… …
40baneful — adjective 1. exceedingly harmful • Syn: ↑deadly, ↑pernicious, ↑pestilent • Similar to: ↑noxious • Derivationally related forms: ↑pestilence (for: ↑ …
