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Meaning of baleful

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  baleful
      adj 1: deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce
             baleful look" [syn: {baleful}, {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:
         {baleful}, {forbidding}, {menacing}, {minacious}, {minatory},
         {ominous}, {sinister}, {threatening}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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