BALEFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Synonyms:

balefulness; maleficence; mischief

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("balefulness" is a kind of...):

evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)

Attribute:

maleficent (harmful or evil in intent or effect)

Derivation:

baleful (threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments)

baleful (deadly or sinister)