b 3 a 1 l 1 e 1 f 4 u 1 l 1
7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective deadly or sinister
adjective threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
originFrom 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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