baleful vs ominous

baleful and ominous both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baleful	No	Yes	No	No
ominous	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, baleful and ominous are synonyms defined as:

baleful and ominous: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Other synonyms of baleful include forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening.

baleful (adjective)	ominous (adjective)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
deadly or sinister	presaging ill fortune