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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Baleful \Bale"ful\ (b[=a]l"f[.u]l), adjective [AS. bealoful. See {Bale} misery.]
1. Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive. ''Baleful enemies.'' --Shak.
Four infernal rivers that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams. --Milton.
2. Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. [Archaic]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
baleful
adjective
1: deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look" [syn: {baneful}]
2: 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: {forbidding}, {menacing}, {minacious}, {minatory}, {ominous}, {sinister}, {threatening}, {ugly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "baleful": 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
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