Synonyms for baneful
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Pernicious — harmful, injurious
pernicious, harmful, noxious, deadly, fatal, bad, destructive, injurious, poisonous, evil, malevolent, unwholesome, ruinous, malign, noisome formal, malefic, sinister, diabolical, venomous, mortal, mischievous, unfavorable US, unfavourable UK
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Harmful, injurious.
Example sentences
- deadly Sloth or laziness is one of the seven deadly sins.
- harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
- noxious The old warehouse is no longer storing any noxious chemicals.
- pernicious A half-truth is more pernicious than a lie.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| baneful | falling | |
| deadly | rising | |
| harmful | steady | |
| noxious | steady | |
| pernicious | steady | |
| baleful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- evil2
- 5 letters
- fatal2
- 6 letters
- deadly2, mortal2, malign2
- 7 letters
- harmful2, noxious2, ruinous3, baleful2, malefic, noisome
- 8 letters
- sinister3, venomous3
- 9 letters
- poisonous3, injurious4
- 10 letters
- diabolical5, pernicious3, malevolent4
- 11 letters
- destructive3, unfavorable5, mischievous3, unwholesome
- 12 letters
- unfavourable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- funeste
- Italiano
- funesto
- Español
- funesto
- Deutsch
- unheilvoll