baleful
adjective /ˈbeɪlfl/
/ˈbeɪlfl/
(literary)- (of the way somebody looks at somebody/something) threatening to do something evil or to hurt somebody
- a baleful glare/stare/look
- Her baleful eyes glared vindictively.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBaleful is used with these nouns:- glance
- glare
- having a harmful effect
- the baleful influence of the city's wealthy elite
- the baleful effects/consequences of the war
Word OriginOld English bealufull (from archaic bale ‘evil as a destructive force’ + -ful).