baleful
About 0.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Portending evil; ominous.
- adjective Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
- 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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