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baleful
Overview of adj baleful
The adj baleful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) baleful, baneful -- (deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look")
2. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening -- (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")
Grep of noun baleful
balefulness
Antonyms of adj baleful
2 senses of baleful
Sense 1
baleful, baneful
INDIRECT (VIA maleficent) -> beneficent
Sense 2
baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming
Similarity of adj baleful
2 senses of baleful
Sense 1
baleful, baneful
=> maleficent (vs. beneficent)
Sense 2
baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
=> alarming (vs. unalarming)
Pertainyms of adj baleful
Attributes of adj baleful
Domain of adj baleful
Domain Terms of adj baleful
Familiarity of adj baleful
baleful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj baleful
baleful
Grep of adv baleful
balefully
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