baleful

(as) baleful as death

Dangerous and dire. The storm has made the waves baleful as death—I'm not sure we'll reach the shore alive.

promising evil; very threatening. (*Also: as ~.) The wind's moan was as baleful as death. His voice sounded baleful as death.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Biggs	[bigz]
Jurgis	-	Lithuanian
Eutropio	e-oo-TRO-pyo	Spanish
Haru	hah-ṙoo	Japanese
Paris (2)	PER-is (English), PAR-is (English)	Various
Marjory	MAHR-jə-ree	English