1. threatening harm; menacing.
   “Bill shot a baleful glance in her direction, and she knew it was high time for some shut-mouth.”
2. having a harmful or destructive effect

“Like Kali or Medusa or a big bag of cancer, this woman’s presence was always a baleful thing, regardless of time, place, or situation.”

noun

the inferred responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged.

“There was to being a celebrity a certain element of noblesse oblige, which he deeply and consistently resented.”

noun

the appearance in consciousness of memory images which are not recognized as such but which appear as original creations

1. a person’s facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.
2. • the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics.
   • the general form or appearance of something.

1. having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

   “‘Fuck you,’ said the irascible man, who had clearly and almost instantaneously had enough of her jackassery.”

1. given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.

   “He tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric, but to no effect: ultimately they were just a bunch of uninspired, myopic dickheads.”