'Baleful' definitions:
Definition of 'baleful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look" [syn: baleful, baneful]
adjective
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "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" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening]
Definition of 'Baleful'
From: GCIDE
- Baleful \Bale"ful\ (b[=a]l"f[.u]l), 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]
Synonyms of 'baleful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apocalyptic,
- bad,
- baneful,
- bitchy,
- black,
- bodeful,
- boding,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- corrupting,
- corruptive,
- counterproductive,
- cussed,
- damaging,
- dark,
- deadly,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- dire,
- direful,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- distressing,
- doomful,
- dreary,
- evil,
- evil-starred,
- fateful,
- foreboding,
- gloomy,
- harmful,
- hateful,
- hurtful,
- ill,
- ill-boding,
- ill-fated,
- ill-omened,
- ill-starred,
- inauspicious,
- iniquitous,
- injurious,
- invidious,
- lethal,
- lowering,
- malefic,
- maleficent,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mean,
- menacing,
- mischievous,
- nasty,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- of evil portent,
- ominous,
- ornery,
- pernicious,
- poisonous,
- portending,
- portentous,
- prejudicial,
- scatheful,
- sinister,
- somber,
- threatening,
- toxic,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unlucky,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- untoward,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- virulent,
- wicked