balefulness

bale·ful

B0040300 (bāl′fəl)adj.1. Portending evil; ominous: The guard's baleful glare frightened the children.2. Harmful or malignant in intent or effect: a baleful influence.

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[Middle English, from Old English bealoful : bealu, bale, evil + -ful, -ful; see -ful.]

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bale′ful·ly adv.bale′ful·ness n.Usage Note: Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but baleful usually applies to something that is menacing or foreshadows evil: a baleful look. Baneful most often describes that which is actually harmful or destructive: baneful effects of their foreign policy.

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balefulness - the quality or nature of being harmful or evilmaleficence, mischiefevilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"