Baleful
Baleful adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Predictive and baleful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predictive" instead an adjective "Baleful".
Predictive
Predictive adjective - Being a sign of a later course of events.
Usage example: unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression
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Synonyms for Predictive
Baleful and predictive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Baleful" instead an adjective "Predictive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- foreboding and baleful
- foreboding and predictive
- sinister and baleful
- sinister and predictive
- inauspicious and baleful
- inauspicious and predictive
- ominous and baleful
- ominous and predictive
- threatening and baleful
- threatening and predictive
- dire and baleful
- dire and predictive
- portentous and baleful
- portentous and predictive
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