Modifies a noun

• glare: The great deserts of the Middle East were attributed to the baleful glare of hordes of basilisks.

• influence: He had also the wider motive to remove England from the baleful influence of Louis XIV of France.

• eye: Through the glass cubicle, I could see her looking up me with those beautiful brown baleful eyes.

• effect: The abandonment of traditional practices has had its baleful effects.

• look: And I need not stress the significance of the baleful look, the rude gesture, the blow from the fist.

• consequence: The book goes on to explore the baleful consequences of this philosophy.