baleful
11baleful — adjective /beɪlfəl/ a) Portending evil; ominous. round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay. b) Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering …
12baleful — See baleful, baneful …
13baleful — adj. Baleful is used with these nouns: ↑glance, ↑glare …
14baleful — bale|ful [ˈbeılfəl] adj literary [: Old English; Origin: bealufull, from bealu evil ] expressing anger, hatred, or a wish to harm someone ▪ a baleful look >balefully adv …
15baleful — adjective literary expressing anger, hatred, or a wish to harm someone: a baleful look balefully adverb …
16baleful — adjective she saw her rival s reddened, baleful face Syn: menacing, threatening, unfriendly, hostile, antagonistic, evil, evil intentioned, vindictive, wicked, nasty, bitter, acrimonious, malevolent, malicious, malignant, malign, sinister;… …
17baleful — bale•ful [[t]ˈbeɪl fəl[/t]] adj. 1) menacing or malign; threatening evil: baleful glances[/ex] 2) archaic wretched; miserable • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE bealofull. See bale II, ful bale′ful•ly, adv. bale′ful•ness, n …
18baleful, baneful — These look alikes mean harmful, pernicious, menacing. In ordinary use, the words are interchangeable, although baneful also means poisonous and is normally applied to substances, causes, and influences that result in death. The gathering clouds… …
19baleful — balefully, adv. balefulness, n. /bayl feuhl/, adj. 1. full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious. 2. Obs. wretched; miserable. [bef. 1000; ME; OE bealofull. See BALE2, FUL] Syn. 1. harmful, malign, injurious, detrimental; evil, wicked;… …
20baleful — Synonyms and related words: apocalyptic, bad, baneful, bitchy, black, bodeful, boding, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, cussed, damaging, dark, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, dire, direful, disadvantageous,… …