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Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

Evil or criminal

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Having or displaying malice, evil or vindictiveness

Causing anxiety or concern

Pertaining to the left side of something

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Having or showing no moral principles

Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor

Unwarranted or inappropriate due to being excessive or disproportionate

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Adjective

Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

suggestive of evil

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

life-threatening

evil-intentioned

prognosticatory

dissatisfactory

less-than-stellar

a load of pants

earth-shattering

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

bargain-basement

fire-and-brimstone

foolish-looking

behind eight ball

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond contempt

uncomplimentary

of poor quality

beyond the pale

not quite the done thing

not up to standard

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“Whether in 2005 or 2025, we need a clearer picture of Cameroon, and less of a merely vague, sinister impression.”

Adjective

Evil or criminal

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

good-for-nothing

unconscientious

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

Mephistophelian

a load of pants

dissatisfactory

beneath contempt

very unpleasant

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

beyond description

indescribably evil

too horrible for words

very disgusting

ill-favoured^UK

good-for-naught

disadvantageous

strictly for the birds

unsportsmanlike

ill-humoured^UK

against the rules

less-than-stellar

bargain-basement

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

full of hardship

life-threatening

poverty-stricken

fire-and-brimstone

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Adjective

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Adjective

Having or displaying malice, evil or vindictiveness

evil-intentioned

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

accidentally on purpose

dripping with malice

ill-intentioned

ill-humoured^UK

out for revenge

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Adjective

Causing anxiety or concern

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

Pertaining to the left side of something

sinister-handed

Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

unfavourable^UK

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

given to looking on the black side

in the doldrums

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

looking on the black side

disadvantageous

having the blahs

having blue devils

singing the blues

poverty-stricken

not encouraging

full of hardship

sick as a parrot

conscience-stricken

as sick as a parrot

with a long face

discountenanced

self-reproachful

heavy with grief

on the verge of tears

discombobulated

overcome with sorrow

racked with suffering

racked with pain

mentally defeated

with tears in your eyes

at the end of your tether

longing for home

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

ill-humoured^UK

beside oneself with grief

emotionally defeated

at end of one's rope

in sackcloth and ashes

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

in floods of tears

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

at sixes and sevens

oversentimental

without friends

feeling friendless

with no one to turn to

without companions

without a friend in the world

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Adjective

Having or showing no moral principles

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unconscientious

double-crossing

like a snake in the grass

hole-and-corner

under the table

unsportsmanlike

behind-the-scenes

cloak-and-dagger

under the counter

playing politics

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

economical with the truth

not straightforward

not to be trusted

hole and corner

cloak and dagger

under-the-table

behind someone's back

tongue-in-cheek

against the rules

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Adjective

Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor

uncommunicative

ill-humoured^UK

evil-intentioned

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Adjective

Unwarranted or inappropriate due to being excessive or disproportionate

disproportionate

lacking in propriety

unfavourable^UK

dishonourable^UK

against the rules

dishonorable^US

out of character

not good enough

disadvantageous

uncomplimentary

beyond the pale

beneath one's dignity

inappropriate to

near the knuckle

lacking dignity

unworthy of one

infra indignitatem

out of its element

not designed for

not up to scratch

not good enough for

good-for-nothing

low-down and dirty

out of place with

out of character with

sticking out a mile

standing out a mile

like a fish out of water

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Adjective

Without hope

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