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baleful

/beyl-fuhl/US // ˈbeɪl fəl //UK // (ˈbeɪlfʊl) //

可恶的,可恶的家伙,可恶的人,可恶的是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
    • : Obsolete. wretched; miserable.

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Examples

  • He consequently dines secretly with his old friend Bunker and, through that trickster’s baleful influence, soon finds himself in a Scottish castle, passing himself off as its new laird, Lord Tulliwuddle.

  • If you’re ever at a loss to account for why this country is gripped by hatred and belief in baleful falsehoods, click on a few of them.

  • She will unearth more than their remains in a quest that becomes a journey of baleful discovery and painful self-discovery.

  • A cry I was quite unable to suppress escaped me, and the creature turned on the instant and stared at me with baleful eyes.

  • As the animal crouched at Bascomb's feet, his baleful eyes turned in the boy's direction, and he growled menacingly.

  • Nita groaned, and looked down with loathing eyes at the baleful jewel that hung loosely on her wasted hand.

  • I feared, the "luck of the Le Moynes" and their baleful motto.

  • He had toiled until he held the baleful genie in a glass vessel partially filled with water, and the sprite could not be seen.