balefully

adverb

as in resentfully

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Recent Examples of balefully Among the innards and the great slab of white tail fat was the sheep's head, balefully gazing up at me. — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for balefully
  1. resentfully
  2. enviously
  3. bitterly
  4. pitilessly
  5. mercilessly
  6. cruelly
  7. ruthlessly
  8. heartlessly
Adverb
  • Pacino had to leap and, eventually, resentfully, stand on a chair to spray-paint over the bank’s cameras.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In a blowup argument, Ethan resentfully calls James’ privilege a deficiency that prevents him from understanding more difficult lives.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of resentfully
Adverb
  • But what is a resort collection, or cruise as it’s sometimes called, other than an enviously Instagrammable trip?
    — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
  • To put that further into context, Wrexham looked up enviously at all three for a decade from non-League until winning promotion in 2023.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of enviously
Adverb
  • With a goalkeeping howler and a red card, Marcelo Bielsa’s side self-imploded at the end of a bitterly disappointing tournament.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 July 2026
  • And the organization’s internal splinter groups, the Soviet-leaning Weatherman Underground and the Maoist-leaning Progressive Labor faction fought each other bitterly.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
Definition of bitterly
Adverb
  • The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.
    — A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of pitilessly
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  • All Harris needed was a 10-men England side to hold on as El Tri mercilessly delivered crosses into the box.
    — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 7 July 2026
  • It’s been blistering in New York City, with temperatures registering in the high 90s on successive days, then climbing to 100 degrees Thursday and mercilessly extending into the Fourth of July.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of mercilessly
Adverb
  • Hope was dangled like a carrot, then cruelly snatched away, more than once.
    — Marissa Stapley, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • Colombia peppered him with shots from all parts of the attacking third, as seen below, and had three goals disallowed before Daniel Munoz’s deflected strike — cruelly — finally beat Mpasi on 76 minutes.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of cruelly
Adverb
  • But when the swirl of events beyond their control caught them into something immeasurably larger than a single game of soccer, not even the strength of their new mentality was enough to prevent them from being ruthlessly swept away.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026
  • Needing 49 from 24 balls as the endgame loomed, England was still second favorite until Bishnoi fell apart and Bethell cashed in ruthlessly in the 17th.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of ruthlessly
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  • Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.
    — EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of heartlessly

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“Balefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balefully. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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