baleful
\ BEYL-fuhl \, adjective;
1.full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
2.Obsolete . wretched; miserable.
Quotes:
A few looked up to shoot quick baleful glances at Padillo.
-- Ross Thomas, Twilight at Mac's Place , 1990
Even the figures of the baleful group were there, though dimly seen as through a veil — a shadowy veil.-- Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm , 1911
Origin:
Baleful stems from the Old English word bealu-full meaning "dire, wicked, cruel."
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