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What does baleful mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word baleful? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Portending evil; ominous.
  2. Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
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Casey casts a baleful eye on the author's camera, striking his most fearsome pose.
Or it could be the empty eye-socket of a cyclopean presence that still manages to hold us in its baleful stare.
It rose far above her, untouched by light and staring at her through baleful eyes.
Barbara Jefford as Queen Margaret is white-haired, baleful and beautifully spoken.
Tresco gave him a sideways glance of baleful intensity that was beautiful to see.
She wiped at it furtively, casting a baleful glance around to see if anyone noticed.

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