What is the Latin word for baleful?

The usual Latin words for “baleful” are īnfēlīx, miser, calamitōsus; also lūctuōsus, perniciōsus, exitiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“baleful” in Latin

īnfēlīxunhappy, unfortunate; unlucky; unfruitful miserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy; worthless, null calamitōsuscalamitous, disastrous, ruinous, destructive lūctuōsussorrowful, sad; lamentable, doleful, mournful perniciōsusdestructive, ruinous, baleful, pernicious exitiōsusdestructive, pernicious, deadly exitiālisdestructive; fatal, deadly fūnestusdeadly, fatal; mournful, dismal noceōto injure, do harm to, hurt, damage

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

baleful

infelix; miser; calamitosus; luctuosus; perniciosus; exitiosus; exitialis; funestus: to be baleful, perniciei esse; nocere.

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What is the Latin word for baleful?: The usual Latin words for “baleful” are īnfēlīx, miser, calamitōsus; also lūctuōsus, perniciōsus, exitiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.