(adj) tricky, See Also: crafty, cunning, , foxy, guileful, knavish, Syn. เจ้าเล่ห์, เจ้าเล่ห์แสนกล, Example:เขากล่าวถึงจอมโจรแสนกลคนนั้นที่สามารถทำงานโจรกรรมได้พลิกแพลงหลายรูปแบบ, Thai Definition:มีเล่ห์เหลี่ยมกลอุบายมาก

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baleful

/B EY1 L F AH0 L/ /เบ๊ล เฝิ่ล/

doleful

/D OW1 L F AH0 L/ /โด๊ว ล เฝิ่ล/

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Baleful

a. [ AS. bealoful. See Bale misery. ] 1. Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive. “Baleful enemies.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four infernal rivers that disgorge
Into the burning lake their baleful streams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Balefully

adv. In a baleful manner; perniciously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Balefulness

n. The quality or state of being baleful. [ 1913 Webster ]

bottleful

n. the quantity contained in a bottle.
Syn. -- bottle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Doleful

a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. [ 1913 Webster ]

With screwed face and doleful whine. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

Syn. -- Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone.

-- Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Guileful

a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ladleful

n.; pl. Ladlefuls A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leful

a. See Leveful. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

needleful

n.; pl. needlefuls As much thread as is used in a needle at one time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Taleful

a. Full of stories. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thimbleful

n.; pl. Thimblefuls As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weleful

a. Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wileful

a. Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

baleful

(adj) deadly or sinister, Syn. baneful, Example:the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look

baleful

(adj) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments, Syn. ominous, minacious, menacing, forbidding, threatening, sinister, minatory, Example:a baleful look; forbidding thunderclouds; his tone became menacing; ominous rumblings of discontent; sinister storm clouds; a sinister smile; his threatening behavior; ugly black clouds; the situation became ugly

balefully

(adv) in a baleful manner, Example:she looked at him balefully

battleful

(adj) having or showing a ready disposition to fight, Syn. bellicose, combative, Example:bellicose young officers; a combative impulse; a contentious nature

doleful

(adj) filled with or evoking sadness, Syn. mournful, Example:the child's doleful expression; stared with mournful eyes; mournful news

dolefully

(adv) with sadness; in a sorrowful manner, Syn. sorrowfully, Example:his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army

dolefulness

(n) sadness caused by grief or affliction

bottle

(n) the quantity contained in a bottle, Syn. bottleful

crafty

(adj) marked by skill in deception, Syn. slick, cunning, guileful, foxy, sly, tricksy, dodgy, wily, knavish, tricky, Example:cunning men often pass for wise; deep political machinations; a foxy scheme; a slick evasive answer; sly as a fox; tricky Dick; a wily old attorney

kettle

(n) the quantity a kettle will hold, Syn. kettleful

maleficence

(n) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil, Syn. balefulness, mischief, Ant. beneficence

thimble

(n) as much as a thimble will hold, Syn. thimbleful

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