baleful

Word family

bale·ful /ˈbeɪlfəl/ adjectiveadj literary

ANGRYexpressing anger, hatred, or a wish to harm someone 邪恶的，恶毒的，带威胁性的

a baleful look

恶狠狠的目光

—balefully adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

baleful• No one spoke during the journey, which was marked by two events, one of them baleful.• It will be difficult for him to be baleful about the Millennium.• Sandy is played by Cindy Lou, a statuesque and baleful creature with presence and a truly impressive amount of facial hair.• Rusty looked out with a baleful eye from the front page.• Local people can still recall the baleful glow in the night as the mill blazed.• The land bucked and heaved like a terrified horse and a storm of baleful magic raced over the land.• After a few minutes, Blanche seemed to sense Dexter's baleful mood, checked her watch and stood up to go.

Origin baleful

Old English bealufull, from bealu “evil”

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