5
unpromising(adjective, warning, threatening, unfavorable, ominous)
5
unpropitious(adjective, threatening, unfortunate, menacing, unfavorable)
4
bad(adjective, unfavorable, ominous, unpromising, arouse bad emotions)
4
certain(key, expected, predictable, conclusive, unavoidable)
4
doomed(adjective, dark, certain, gloomy, expected)
4
eventful(adjective, important, lively, significant, exciting)
4
ill-boding(adjective, black, warning, threatening, menacing)
4
ineluctable(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable)
4
inescapable(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable)
4
ordained(adjective, expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable)
4
pivotal(adjective, important, significant, key, historic)
4
unavoidable(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable)
4
unfavourable
3
acute(adjective, significant)
3
apocalyptical(adjective, warn, luck, prophetical)
3
cataclysmal(adjective, help)
3
determinative(adjective, significant)
3
forbidding(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful, arouse bad emotions)
3
foreordained(adjective, expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable)
3
ill(adjective, arouse bad emotions)
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