balefulness
Ominous malevolent quality
Balefulness is the quality of being baleful—menacing, threatening harm, or radiating malevolent intent.
The word suggests a dark, ominous presence: the balefulness in his stare, the balefulness of the storm clouds gathering overhead.
It often describes looks or atmospheres that seem to promise evil or destruction.
Active ill will
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- spitePetty malicious intent
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
evil intent · villainy · malignity · malignancy · venom · cruelty · nastiness · ill will
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousnessWeighty, ominous significance
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- grimnessStern, forbidding quality
darkness · brooding · ill omen · inauspiciousness · dread · direness · fateful · premonition
Source of potential harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- dangerExposure to harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
fearfulness · terror · alarm · apprehension · unease · looming · chilling effect · warning signs
malevolence
Active ill will
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- spitePetty malicious intent
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
evil intent · wickedness · villainy · malignity · malignancy · venom · cruelty · nastiness · ill will · hatred
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousnessWeighty, ominous significance
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
grimness · darkness · brooding · ill omen · inauspiciousness · dread · direness · fateful · premonition · warning
menace
Source of potential harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- dangerExposure to harm
peril · fearfulness · terror · alarm · apprehension · unease · looming · chilling effect · warning signs · fright
balefulnessbenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
kindness · goodwill · beneficence · benignity · warmth
balefulnessbenefit
Advantage or gain
blessedness · auspiciousness · salubriousness · wholesomeness · harmlessness
balefulnesswarmth
Heat you feel
cheerfulness · brightness · radiance · sunniness · geniality