The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2016.
Baneful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 67 % | 4 |
| LETHAL | 17 % | 6 |
| RUINOUS | 17 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Baneful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pestilent
- deadly
- harmful
- noxious
- pernicious
- maleficent
- baleful
- direful
- pestilential
- unwholesome
- deleterious
- unpropitious
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result LETHAL
- Very destructive
- ___ injection
- Devastating
- Deadly
- Ruinous
- "___ Weapon"
- Murderous
- Kind of injection or weapon
- Hardly healthful
- Like some weapons