Baleful vs Vitriolic - What's the difference?
baleful | vitriolic |
Portending evil; ominous.
* 1674 -- John Milton: )
* 1873 ,
Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism
(chemistry): Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.
As adjectives the difference between baleful and vitriolic
is that baleful is portending evil; ominous while vitriolic is of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol.baleful
English
Alternative forms
* balefull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay.
- The street-lamps burn amid the baleful glooms,
- Amidst the soundless solitudes immense
- Of ranged mansions dark and still as tombs.
