Portending future disaster

• unlucky

  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune:
  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:

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  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune:
  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:

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• portentous

  1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding:
  2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:
  3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

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  1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding:
  2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:
  3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

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• ominous

  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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• hellfire

  1. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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  1. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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• grave

  1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
  2. A place of burial.
  3. Death or extinction:

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  1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
  2. A place of burial.
  3. Death or extinction:

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• fire-and-brimstone

  1. The punishment of hell.
  2. Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.

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  1. The punishment of hell.
  2. Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.

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• fateful

  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:
  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

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  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:
  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

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• direful

  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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• baneful

  1. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
  2. Portending harm; ominous.

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  1. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
  2. Portending harm; ominous.

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• apocalyptical

  1. apocalyptic

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  1. apocalyptic

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• apocalyptic

  1. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
  2. Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization:
  3. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:

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  1. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
  2. Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization:
  3. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:

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Causing or able to cause fear

• tremendous

  1. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous:
  2. Very great in scope or importance:
  3. Remarkable; outstanding:

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  1. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous:
  2. Very great in scope or importance:
  3. Remarkable; outstanding:

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• terrible

  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful:
  2. Extremely formidable:
  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense:

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  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful:
  2. Extremely formidable:
  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense:

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• scary

  1. Causing fright or alarm.
  2. Easily scared; very timid.

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  1. Causing fright or alarm.
  2. Easily scared; very timid.

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• redoubtable

  1. Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
  2. Worthy of respect or honor.

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  1. Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
  2. Worthy of respect or honor.

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• ghastly

  1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
  2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
  3. Extremely unpleasant or bad:

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  1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
  2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
  3. Extremely unpleasant or bad:

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• frightful

  1. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
  2. Causing fright; terrifying.
  3. Excessive; extreme:

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  1. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
  2. Causing fright; terrifying.
  3. Excessive; extreme:

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• formidable

  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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• fearsome

  1. Causing or capable of causing fear:
  2. Fearful; timid.

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  1. Causing or capable of causing fear:
  2. Fearful; timid.

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• fearful

  1. Experiencing fear; frightened:
  2. Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
  3. Indicating anxiety or fear:

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  1. Experiencing fear; frightened:
  2. Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
  3. Indicating anxiety or fear:

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• dreadful

  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking:

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  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking:

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• direful

  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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• appalling

  1. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:

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  1. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:

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Compelling immediate attention

• urgent

  1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.
  2. Conveying a sense of pressing importance:

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  1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.
  2. Conveying a sense of pressing importance:

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• pressing

  1. Demanding immediate attention; urgent:
  2. Very earnest or insistent:
  3. The process or an instance of applying pressure.

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  1. Demanding immediate attention; urgent:
  2. Very earnest or insistent:
  3. The process or an instance of applying pressure.

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• instant

  1. A period of time so short as to be almost imperceptible.
  2. A particular or precise time:
  3. The current month:

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  1. A period of time so short as to be almost imperceptible.
  2. A particular or precise time:
  3. The current month:

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• imperative

  1. Necessary or urgent:
  2. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.

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  1. Necessary or urgent:
  2. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.

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• exigent

  1. Requiring immediate action; pressing:
  2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding:

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  1. Requiring immediate action; pressing:
  2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding:

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• emergent

  1. Coming into view, existence, or notice:
  2. Emerging:
  3. Rising above a surrounding medium, especially a fluid.

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  1. Coming into view, existence, or notice:
  2. Emerging:
  3. Rising above a surrounding medium, especially a fluid.

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• crying

  1. Demanding or requiring action or attention:
  2. Abominable; reprehensible:

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  1. Demanding or requiring action or attention:
  2. Abominable; reprehensible:

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• burning

  1. Marked by flames or intense heat:
  2. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate:
  3. Of immediate import; urgent:

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  1. Marked by flames or intense heat:
  2. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate:
  3. Of immediate import; urgent:

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So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis

• desperate

  1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
  2. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair:
  3. Reckless or violent because of despair:

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  1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
  2. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair:
  3. Reckless or violent because of despair:

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• crucial

  1. Extremely significant or important:
  2. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
  3. Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

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  1. Extremely significant or important:
  2. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
  3. Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

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• critical

  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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• climacteric

  1. A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
  2. A critical stage, period, or year:
  3. Of or relating to a climacteric.

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  1. A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
  2. A critical stage, period, or year:
  3. Of or relating to a climacteric.

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• acute

  1. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning:
  3. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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  1. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning:
  3. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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