Baleful is an adjective.

Quotations * 1674 -- John Milton: Paradise Lost(Book I) * round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay. Gambling is baleful because it can make people lose money.

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To be baleful means to be threatening or menacing. For example, "The bull sent a baleful glance at the intruder as he munched on a blade of grass".

Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but baleful usually applies to something that is menacing or foreshadows evil: a baleful look. Baneful most often describes that which is actually harmful or destructive: baneful effects of their foreign policy.