EGAVE

baleful

About 0.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Portending evil; ominous.
  2. adjective Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
  3. adjective Deadly, mortal.

Similar words

ominous forbidding minacious menacing minatory threatening maleficent sinister alarming ugly

Often followed by

influence effects eyes eye and look glare light influences

Word family

balefuller balefullest balefully balefulness balefulnesses

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