All baneful synonyms
bane·ful
B b adjective baneful
adj baneful
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- fatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- hurtful — causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
- noxious — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pestilent — producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- venomous — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- pestilential — producing or tending to produce pestilence.
- malefic — productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.