53
threatening(verb, adjective, person, force, strong)
36
ominous(adjective, person, unpleasant, awful, feelings)
32
sinister(adjective, person, sad, dark, unpleasant)
22
foreboding(noun, adjective, person, tough, dark)
19
forbidding(adjective, person, tough, dark, unpleasant)
18
dangerous(adjective, strong, tough, severe, intense)
16
dark(adjective, unpleasant, gloomy, horrible, unfriendly)
16
minacious(adjective, critical, forbidding, threat, denunciatory)
16
minatory(adjective, critical, forbidding, threat, denunciatory)
16
dire(adjective, tough, difficult, shocking, black)
16
frightening(adjective, person, strong, severe, intense)
15
impending(verb, adjective, bad, critical, likely)
14
ugly(adjective, person, bad, tough, severe)
14
baleful(adjective, critical, black, threatening, injurious)
14
gloomy(adjective, dark, unpleasant, horrible, unfriendly)
14
intimidating
13
looming(verb, adjective, critical, likely, possible)
12
formidable(adjective, bad, tough, severe, unpleasant)
12
inauspicious(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
11
creepy(adjective, nasty, black, scary, baleful)
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