3
frightful
3
glowering(adjective, person, feelings)
3
gruesome
3
hairy(bad, heavy, shocking, dangerous, treacherous)
3
heavy(adjective, bad, severe, risky, weighty)
3
hideous
3
hopeless(adjective, pessimistic, futile)
3
horrid
3
horrifying
3
immediate(adjective, near, likely, possible, imminent)
3
impendent(adjective, critical, forbidding, denunciatory)
3
in prospect(expression, adjective, near, coming, forthcoming)
3
in store(expression, adjective, likely, possible, immediate)
3
in the offing(expression, adjective, idiom, likely, possible)
3
in view(expression, adjective, near, likely, possible)
3
insecure(adjective, bad, heavy, risky, dangerous)
3
intimidatory(adjective, critical, forbidding, denunciatory, negative emotions)
3
lurid(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
3
macabre(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
3
menace
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