20 entries under unpromising topic. ×

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inauspicious(adjective, awful, fear, black, horror)
12
unlucky(adjective, unhappy, black, warning, threatening)
11
ill-starred(adjective, doomed, unfavorable, ominous, unlucky)
8
sinister(adjective, black, warning, threatening, unfavorable)
7
fateful(adjective, black, warning, threatening, unfavorable)
7
threatening(adjective, critical, warning, forbidding, unfavorable)
6
foreboding(adjective, black, warning, threatening, unfavorable)
6
ominous(adjective, warning, threatening, unfavorable)
6
unpropitious(adjective, warning, threatening, unfavorable, ominous)
5
dire(adjective, black, warning, threatening, unfavorable)
4
evil(adjective, black, unfavorable, ominous, baleful)
3
baneful(warning, threatening, unfavorable, ominous)
3
untoward(adjective, unhappy, doomed, unfavorable, ominous)
2
bad(unfavorable, ominous)
2
impending(adjective, critical, warning, threatening, forbidding)
2
inopportune(unfavorable, ominous)
2
unfavorable
2
untimely(unfavorable, ominous)
0
adverse(unfavorable, ominous)
0
discouraging(unfavorable, ominous)
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