Now fail the ships wherein Achates ride / and Abas; old Aletes' bark gives way, / and brave Ilioneus'. Each loosened side / through many a gaping seam lets in the baleful tide.
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Baleful
//ˈbeɪl.fəl//
Synonyms for "baleful" (132 found)
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Related words (66)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- зловещ adj (ominous)
Dutch
3 entries- miserabel adj (ominous)
- onheilspellend adj (ominous)
- wanhopig adj (ominous)
Finnish
3 entries- pahanenteinen adj (ominous)
- turmiollinen adj (ominous)
- uhkaava adj (ominous)
French
1 entries- sinistre adj (ominous)
Galician
2 entries- funesto adj (ominous)
- ominoso adj (ominous)
Italian
1 entries- funesto adj (ominous)
Māori
1 entries- tūreikura adj (wretched)
Old English
1 entries- bealu adj (ominous)
Polish
1 entries- złowieszczy adj (ominous)
Russian
1 entries- па́губный adj (ominous)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- zloguk adj (ominous)
- zloslutan adj (ominous)
- zlosretan adj (wretched)
Spanish
2 entries- funesto adj (ominous)
- torvo adj (ominous)
Swedish
1 entries- olycksbådande adj (ominous)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зловіщий adj (ominous)
- лиховісний adj (ominous)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
For them the baleful effects of climate change aren’t vague or theoretical but already happening before their eyes.
Source: tatoeba (12046553)
The street-lamps burn amid the baleful glooms, Amidst the soundless solitudes immense Of ranged mansions dark and still as tombs.
Source: wiktionary
According to them all sorcerers, necromancers and evil-doers were born under the baleful influence of the seventh calendic sign[.]
Source: wiktionary
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