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Baleful vs Injurious - What's the difference?

baleful | injurious |

As adjectives the difference between baleful and injurious

is that baleful is portending evil; ominous while injurious is causing physical harm or injury; harmful.

baleful

English

Alternative forms

* balefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Portending evil; ominous.
  • * 1674 -- John Milton: )
    • round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay.
  • * 1873 ,
    • The street-lamps burn amid the baleful glooms,
    Amidst the soundless solitudes immense
    Of ranged mansions dark and still as tombs.
  • Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.

    • injurious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing physical harm or injury; harmful.
  • Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.

    • Synonyms

    * harmful; see also * slanderous, libelous, defamatory * See also

    Derived terms

    * injuriously * injuriousness