baleful

Adjective

• 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
    

• deadly or sinister
  • the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look
    

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• Synonyms: 
  forbidding , menacing , minacious , minatory , ominous , sinister , threatening , baneful