- adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (view details)
- adj. deadly or sinister (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Usage Example(s): a baleful look, a sinister smile, forbidding thunderclouds, his threatening behavior, his tone became menacing, ominous rumblings of discontent, sinister storm clouds, ugly black clo
Synonym(s): forbidding ( what does forbidding stand for? ), menacing ( what does menacing stand for? ), minacious ( what does minacious stand for? ), minatory ( what does minatory stand for? ), ominous ( what does ominous stand for? ), sinister ( what does sinister stand for? ), threatening ( what does threatening stand for? ), ugly ( what does ugly stand for? )
Similar(s): alarming ( what does alarming stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) deadly or sinister
Usage Example(s): the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look
Synonym(s): baneful ( what does baneful stand for? )
Similar(s): maleficent ( what does maleficent stand for? )
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