baleful
8 synonyms and 4 antonyms for baleful, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Suggesting that something bad is about to happen; threatening.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English baleful, balful, baluful, from Old English bealuful, which was equivalent to bealu + -ful. By surface analysis, bale (“evil, woe”) + -ful. See bale for further etymology.
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