Balefully

Synonyms for "balefully" (33 found)

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agonizingly awfully bitterly blatantly cruelly deadly deathly

Strong matches (10)

distressingly dreadfully excessively excruciatingly extravagantly flagrantly frightfully grievously harmfully horribly

Related words (16)

improperly inexcusably inordinately intolerably malevolently maliciously malignantly meanly miserably openly painfully sadly sorely terribly unashamedly unduly

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The toad stared balefully at his reflection and puffed himself up to show that he wasn't really frightened.

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