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| menacing(verb, person, force, strong) | |
| ominous(person, mean, bad, wrong) | |
| dark(upset, dull, evil, obscure) | |
| dangerous(strong, hard, tough, severe) | |
| minatory(near, critical, forbidding, foresight) | |
| minacious(near, critical, forbidding, foresight) | |
| impending(critical, likely, possible, dangerous) | |
| sinister(person, mean, bad, wrong) | |
| lowering | |
| forbidding(person, tough, evil, dark) | |
| foreboding(noun, verb, person, dark) | |
| looming(verb, critical, likely, possible) | |
| inauspicious(negative, hopelessness, menacing, unfavorable) | |
| gloomy(hard, severe, obscure, dark) | |
| intimidating(verb, frightening) | |
| alarming(verb, bad, warning, danger) | |
| frightening(noun, verb, person, strong) | |
| serious(bad, severe, unpleasant, heavy) | |
| baleful(critical, warning, forbidding, menacing) | |
| ugly(person, tough, severe, nasty) |
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