3
dark
3
daunting(adjective, person, feelings)
3
desolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
dire(miserable, wretched, threatening, unfortunate, doomed)
3
dour(adjective, person, feelings)
3
fatal(adjective, deadly, lethal)
3
frightening(adjective, person, feelings)
3
hopeless(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, awkward)
3
prophetic
2
bad(inappropriate, pessimistic, unfavorable, desperate, ominous)
2
calamitous(adjective, bad, poor, unhappy, miserable)
2
dismal
2
dreary
2
evil(unfavorable, ominous, unpromising)
2
forbidding(adjective, person, feelings)
2
foul
2
ill-boding(warning, threatening, unfavorable, ominous, unpromising)
2
inopportune(bad, poor, awkward, inappropriate, unfortunate)
2
lowering
2
misfortunate(adjective, unfortunate, doomed, unlucky, infected)
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