单选题 Which of the following words is closest in meaning to balefully as used in "Kunta would lie still with his eyes staring balefully in hatred."

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】balefully灾难地，有害地；menacingly险恶地；indulgently放任地，溺爱地；vacantly空虚地；forlornly被遗弃地。由in hatred可知balefully此处指“凶恶的，凶狠的”，与menacingly意思最接近。