Hypertext Webster Gateway: "baleful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baleful \Bale"ful\, a. [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) 1.7 (wn)
baleful
adj 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}]
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