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Likely to lead to an adverse or bad outcome

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Causing worry, distress or anxiety

Foretelling or predictive of the future

Grand and impressive in appearance

Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something

Acting as a sign or warning of a good or bad event in the future

Serving to caution or warn

Happening or appearing in the relatively near future

Presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

Requiring great effort or exertion

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Adjective

Likely to lead to an adverse or bad outcome

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

prognosticatory

bringing bad luck

phantasmagorical

fire-and-brimstone

suggestive of evil

earth-shattering

out of the ordinary

world-shattering

of great importance

of great consequence

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“They wrote me a very ominous e-mail saying if I relisted the item horrible things would happen to me.”

Adjective

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

life-threatening

overextravagant

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Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

demoralizing^US

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

demoralising^UK

not encouraging

heart-wrenching

in the doldrums

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Causing worry, distress or anxiety

anxiety provoking

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

discountenancing

dishonouring^UK

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Adjective

Foretelling or predictive of the future

Adjective

Grand and impressive in appearance

one for the book

something to write home about

out of this world

bigger than life

attention-grabbing

out of the ordinary

fit for a prince

tall in the saddle

fit for a queen

fit for a princess

larger than life

disproportionate

well-proportioned

tall and dignified

larger-than-life

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

self-respecting

highly regarded

well thought of

of high standing

too good to be true

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Adjective

Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something

representational

recognizable^US

recognisable^UK

giving an inkling

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Adjective

Acting as a sign or warning of a good or bad event in the future

prognosticative

forward-looking

with second sight

with a sixth sense

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Adjective

Serving to caution or warn

Adjective

Happening or appearing in the relatively near future

about to happen

in the pipeline

handwriting-on-the-wall

in the near future

just around the corner

around the corner

just round the corner

fast-approaching

neighbouring^UK

likely to happen

round the corner

fast approaching

over the long term

following after

readily available

at close quarters

in the neighbourhood of

in close proximity

within reach of

in the vicinity of

within close range of

within spitting distance

in spitting distance

a hop, skip and a jump away

within striking distance

give or take a little

within sniffing distance

under one's nose

in the ball park

a stone's throw away

within walking distance

across the street

on your doorstep

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Adjective

Presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers

fraught with danger

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

playing with fire

hanging by a thread

Russian roulette

life-threatening

on slippery ground

on a slippery slope

hanging in the balance

on collision course

open to question

betwixt and between

between rock and hard place

bone of contention

up for discussion

between sixes and sevens

hanging by thread

in no man's land

in the lap of the gods

subject to debate

clear as dishwater

not yet established

a matter of opinion

on the back burner

a controversial subject

from left field

at a turning point

at a critical stage

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Adjective

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

of considerable size

larger-than-life

extremely large

disproportionate

overextravagant

out of all proportion

bigger than life

not inconsiderable

through the ceiling

worth taking into account

not to be sneezed at

across-the-board

intercontinental

all-encompassing

earth-shattering

too many to be counted

an incalculable number of

an infinite number of

recrementitious

powerfully built

broad-shouldered

interdisciplinary

across the board

multidisciplinary

cross-disciplinary

more than one can count

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Adjective

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

Mephistophelian

good-for-nothing

mephistophelean

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Adjective

Requiring great effort or exertion

energy-consuming

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

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