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baleful

4 antonyms for baleful — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Suggesting that something bad is about to happen; threatening.

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From Middle English baleful, balful, baluful, from Old English bealuful, which was equivalent to bealu + -ful. By surface analysis, bale (“evil, woe”) + -ful. See bale for further etymology.

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