menacing vs baleful

menacing and baleful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, menacing and baleful are synonyms defined as:

menacing and baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

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

menacing (adjective)	baleful (adjective)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
	deadly or sinister