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BALEFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or nature of being harmful or evil
Synonyms:
balefulness; maleficence; mischief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("balefulness" is a kind of...):
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Attribute:
maleficent (harmful or evil in intent or effect)
Derivation:
baleful (threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments)
baleful (deadly or sinister)
