2021-05-20 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – baleful & baneful

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2021-05-20

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – baleful & baneful

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ออกเสียง baleful = ‘BEYL-fuhl’

ออกเสียง baneful = ‘BEYN-fuhl’

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for baleful

SINISTER, BALEFUL, MALIGN

mean seriously threateningevil or disaster.

SINISTER suggests a general or vague feeling

of fear or apprehension onthe part of the observer.

a sinister aura haunts the place

BALEFUL imputes perniciousness or destructiveness

to something whetherworking openly or covertly.

exerting a corrupt and baleful influence

MALIGN applies to what is inherently evil or harmful.

the malign effects of racism

Choose the Right Synonym for baneful

PERNICIOUS, BANEFUL, NOXIOUS, DELETERIOUS, DETRIMENTAL

mean exceedingly harmful.

PERNICIOUS implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corruptingor undermining.

the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society

BANEFUL implies injury through poisoning or destroying.

the baneful notion that disciplines destroys creativity

NOXIOUS applies to what is both offensive and injurious

to the health of a body or mind.

noxious chemical fumes

DELETERIOUS applies to what has an often-unsuspected harmful effect.

a diet found to have deleterious effects

DETRIMENTAL implies obvious harmfulness to something specified.

the detrimental effects of excessive drinking

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Baneful: productive of destruction or woe

Baneful is formed by

combining the word bane with the adjective suffix -ful.

This does notindicate that the word should properly

mean “full of bane.” -Ful,

when forming an adjective, can carry the meaning of “full of,”

but it may also addthe meanings

“characterized by,”

“having the qualities of,”

or act in the same manner as the suffix -able (“capable of”).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

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.

Dictionary of Problem Words in English

baleful & baneful

These “look-alikes”

mean “harmful.” “pernicious,” “menacing.”

In ordinary use, the words areinterchangeable,

although baneful also means “poisonous”

and is normally applied to

substances, causes, and influences that result in death.

“The gathering clouds promised a baleful storm.”

Some poisons are merely injurious, butothers are baneful.”  

You are not likely to be arrested if you give a rival a baleful glance,

but watch out if you give him a baneful dose of arsenic.