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BALEFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Example:
the situation became ugly
Synonyms:
baleful; forbidding; menacing; minacious; minatory; ominous; sinister; threatening
Classified under:
Similar:
alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)
Derivation:
balefulness (the quality or nature of being harmful or evil)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deadly or sinister
Example:
the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look
Synonyms:
baleful; baneful
Classified under:
Similar:
maleficent (harmful or evil in intent or effect)
Derivation:
balefulness (the quality or nature of being harmful or evil)
