BALEFUL

(adj.) 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"
synonyms : forbidding , menacing , minacious , minatory , ominous , sinister , threatening
with the arrival of her maternal uncle, it became a baleful party. -added by diviya_inlas

-tagged by editor1

menacing giant face
(adj.) deadly or sinister
"the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look"
synonyms : baneful

Selected Mnemonic for baleful

(Tag: Global) Baleful ~ bail+ful; when any dangerous convict gets out of jail taking bail, he could be threatening
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Mnemonics for baleful

(Tag: ) when we pronounce this word this word sounds simillar to word painful........and anything painful is always a result of an evil act
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(Tag: ) BALEFUL.....remind yourself of christian bale.....in The Dark Knight.....the movie immediately reminds you of Joker....the BALEFUL joker!!
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(Tag: English) In the cricket ground, throwing bale is baleful for batsman.
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(Tag: Football(Soccer)) Tottenham Hotspurs' Gareth BALE is always 'BALEFUL' to the opposition with his deadly pace and clinical finishing.
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(Tag: ) Baleful = Bal + ful. Bal means hair ful means lots of it. Assume a person with unruly long hair.... he naturally seems threatening and intimidating to others... hence BALEFUL.
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(Tag: ) we put alarming bells indicating fire..
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(Tag: ) When the "jail" is "full", it is threatening. So baleful means threatening
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(Tag: ) Think of cartoons, when a cartoon character is FRIGHTENED or THREATENED it become pale...white in color
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(Tag: ) if you know the game diablo its easy to remember. Bale is another big EVIL who is diablo's brother.
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(Tag: Hindi) we can remember this word as balaful= filled with bala(problem)
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(Tag: ) In the Bible, the harmful and sinister God BAAL and his prophets, are defeated by Elijah the Prophet.
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(Tag: ) think of "bale":cotton bale when you use up BALEFUL of cotton it indicates that something EVIL,MALIGNANT has happened
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(Tag: ) u can think of a person who is requesting a bale( in court).......obviously who is asking bale will be sinister and threatning....and every inch of him shows evil.....
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