334 entries under adjective topic. ×
| imminent(way, critical, forbidding, denunciatory) | |
| grave(tough, severe, unpleasant, deep) | |
| heavy(bad, severe, weighty, treacherous) | |
| ill-omened(critical, warning, hopelessness, forbidding) | |
| perilous(bad, heavy, acute, risky) | |
| dreary(dull, obscure, dark, gloomy) | |
| overcast(cloudy, darkened) | |
| unpropitious(negative, hopelessness, menacing, unfavorable) | |
| bullying(noun, verb, force, pressure) | |
| cloudy(dull, gloomy, dreary, gray) | |
| dire(tough, difficult, menacing, unfavorable) | |
| dour(person, tough, evil, offensive) | |
| glowering(person, tough, evil, offensive) | |
| impendent(critical, forbidding, denunciatory) | |
| louring | |
| murky(dull, obscure, dark, violent) | |
| nasty(bad, evil, delicate, unpleasant) | |
| portentous(exciting, foreboding) | |
| unpromising(mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| admonishing(verb, cautionary) |
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