BANEFUL Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word baneful. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BANEFUL
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fatal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • bringing death adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||||
pernicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | ||||||||
deleterious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • harmful to living things | ||||||||
destructive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • causing destruction or much damage | ||||||||
detrimental | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | ||||||||
evil | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • morally bad or wrong noun • morally objectionable behavior • the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice adjective satellite • having the nature of vice • having or exerting a malignant influence | ||||||||
harmful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • causing or capable of causing harm | ||||||||
hurtful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing hurt • harmful to living things | ||||||||
injurious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • harmful to living things | ||||||||
lethal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of an instrument of certain death | ||||||||
malevolent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred • having or exerting a malignant influence | ||||||||
malign | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • evil or harmful in nature or influence adjective satellite • having or exerting a malignant influence verb • speak unfavorably about | ||||||||
noxious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • injurious to physical or mental health | ||||||||
poisonous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having the qualities or effects of a poison • not safe to eat • marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | ||||||||
ruinous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin • causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | ||||||||
toxic | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison | ||||||||
baleful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deadly or sinister • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||||||||
deadly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adverb • as if dead • (used as intensives) excessively adjective satellite • causing or capable of causing death • of an instrument of certain death • extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • exceedingly harmful • (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | ||||||||
mortal | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • subject to death noun • a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential adjective satellite • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • unrelenting and deadly • causing or capable of causing death | ||||||||
pestilent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |