baleful

  • (s) deadly or sinister
    • the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look
    baneful,
  • (s) 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
    menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, forbidding,

Synonyms

baneful menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister threatening forbidding

Words of close approximity

balefully balefulness