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Meanings of baleful in English

Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.

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Exceedingly harmful.

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Usage of baleful in English
1
Perhaps Osborne wants to take the fight to his baleful Leave foes.
The Guardian
2
When the day comes,' she added with a baleful look at me.
The Quiet American
3
The regard they fixed on his face was baleful in its intentness.
The Rainy Day Railroad War
4
The baleful idea that truth is nudity beset me on every occasion.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1
5
Our work, then, must be in the face of these baleful influences.
Cast Adrift
6
His eyes were fixed like baleful lights in a haggard, corpse-like countenance.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 / A Magazin...
7
Prior to that baleful night they had fallen behind the marching van.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
8
Out of the windows of the library looked Lord Ashbridge's baleful face.
Michael
9
Casting a baleful glance at Jane, Marian complied with the terse invitation.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
10
With a baleful glance at Elsie, Marian sullenly obeyed the stern voice.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
11
She was ignoring them, staring up at me with a baleful look.
Mission road
12
Whereat I grinned, and she regarded me silently with a baleful glare.
The Vanishing Man: A Detective Romance
13
He caught the baleful glare of the marquess and gratefully scurried away.
Faith
14
He drew himself up again and cast a baleful stare at Bidwell.
Speaks the Nightbird
15
The goggling eyes held a terrified but baleful gaze upon Brayley's face.
Wandl the Invader
16
His glance, as he rested it on Bryce now, was baleful, ophidian.
The Valley of the Giants
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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