44 entries under threatening topic. ×

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baleful(adjective, critical, warning, forbidding)
3
next(adjective, warm, near, expected, likely)
2
about to happen(expression, adjective, idiom, near, expected)
2
gathering(adjective, near, likely, possible)
2
ill-omened(adjective, critical, warning, forbidding)
2
inauspicious(adjective, menacing, unfavorable, intimidating)
1
baneful(warning, menacing, unfavorable, intimidating)
1
dire(warning, menacing, unfavorable, intimidating)
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fast-approaching(adjective, near, likely, possible)
1
fateful(necessary, menacing, unfavorable, inexorable)
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foreboding(adjective, warning, unfavorable, ominous)
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gloomy(warning, unfavorable, ominous, unpromising)
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handwriting-on-the-wall(adjective, near, likely, possible)
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ill-boding(warning, menacing, unfavorable, intimidating)
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ill-fated(warning, unfavorable, ominous, unpromising)
1
inevasible(adjective, certain, near, obvious, likely)
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on its way(expression, idiom, near, likely, possible)
1
on the verge(expression, idiom, near, likely, possible)
1
see it coming(expression, adjective, idiom, near, likely)
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sinister(adjective, warning, menacing, unfavorable)
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