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menacing(critical, forbidding, threat, denunciatory)
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minacious(near, critical, threatening, forbidding)
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threatening(near, critical, forbidding, foresight)
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ominous(foreboding, menacing, threat)
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sinister
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baleful(critical, threatening, forbidding, denunciatory)
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comminatory(critical, threatening, forbidding, threat)
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forbidding
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imminent(critical, threatening, forbidding, denunciatory)
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dangerous(critical, threatening, forbidding, denunciatory)
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inauspicious
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lowering
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ugly(informal, critical, threatening, forbidding)
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impending(critical, threatening, forbidding, denunciatory)
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looming(critical, threatening, forbidding, denunciatory)
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alarming
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baneful
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foreboding
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intimidating
4
portentous
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