Baneful Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Baneful

evil
(Computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice
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dire
The definition of dire is something so bad or scary that it causes distress or terror.
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poisonous
Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous
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pernicious
Causing great injury, destruction, or ruin; fatal; deadly
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deadly
Perfectly accurate
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malignant
Virulent or threatening to life:
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pestilent
(Archaic) harmful to morals or public order.
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pestilential
Pernicious; dangerous; harmful
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virulent
(Med.) Violent and rapid in its course; highly malignant
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apocalyptic
Apocalyptic is defined as something that refers to the Book of Revelation.
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fateful
(Archaic) Revealing what is to come; prophetic
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fire-and-brimstone
Characterized by an impassioned emphasis on damnation and eternal punishment
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grave
Dignified and solemn or sedate in manner or mien
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hellfire
Portending future disaster
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ominous
Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.
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portentous
The definition of portentous is having the feeling of evil or foreboding.
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unlucky
Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:
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bad
(Of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
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fatal
Very destructive; most unfortunate; disastrous
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harmful
Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
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hurtful
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
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ill
Resulting from or suggestive of evil intentions:
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malevolent
Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.
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venomous
Harmful or destructive:
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vile
Unpleasant or objectionable:
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deathful
(Archaic) Subject to death; mortal
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subversionary
Promoting destruction.
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vandalistic
Having the character of vandalism.
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death-bringing
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Antonyms for Baneful

advantageous
Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.
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beneficial
(Law) For one's own benefit
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beneficient
(Obsolete) Beneficent.
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helpful
The definition of helpful is someone or something that is useful, that provides assistance or aid, or that is prone to providing aid.
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lucky
The definition of lucky is someone who has good fortune, something that brings good fortune, or something that results from good fortune and chance.
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fortunate
Having unexpected good fortune; lucky.
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Words Related to Baneful

help
Extremely destructive or harmful
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luck
Portending future disaster
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warn
Portending future disaster
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malign
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Baneful Sentence Examples

  • It tended to destroy the power of self-command, and exposed the master to the baneful influences of flattery.

  • Such were some of the methods that Torquemada introduced into the Spanish Inquisition, which was to have so baneful an effect upon the whole country.

  • He was perhaps wanting in firmness of character, and the undue influence exercised over him by unscrupulous ministers, or by the seductions of fairer but no less ambitious votaries of statecraft, led him to make concessions which tarnished the glory of his reign, and were followed by baneful results for the welfare of his empire.

  • According to Ephraim's biographer, his main motive for providing these hymns set to music was his desire to counteract the baneful effects produced by the heretical hymns of Bardaisan and his son Harmonius, which had enjoyed popularity and been sung among the Edessenes for a century and a half.

  • In this manner the movement in favour of ending the baneful regime of Leopold II.

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