noun
- the quality or state of being harmful, threatening, or ominous; menacing characteristics
Usage: plural form of balefulness; formal
Examples
- The balefulnesses of the storm clouds warned sailors to seek shelter.
- Ancient texts described the balefulnesses that would befall those who disturbed the tomb.
- The critic noted the balefulnesses present in the villain’s glare throughout the film.
- Multiple balefulnesses seemed to emanate from the abandoned mansion.
- The prophet spoke of various balefulnesses that would plague the kingdom.
- Scholars debated the different balefulnesses mentioned in the old prophecies.