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Adjective: baleful  beyl-ful
  1. Deadly or sinister
    "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"
    - baneful
     
  2. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    "a baleful look"
    - forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

See also: alarming, balefully, balefulness, maleficent

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