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

Evil or criminal

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

Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease

Causing anxiety or concern

Pertaining to the left side of something

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor

Unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

Not going in a direct course or line

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Adjective

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

suggestive of evil

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

evil-intentioned

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

causing excitement

prognosticatory

full of hardship

life-threatening

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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

unconscientious

good-for-nothing

beyond contempt

beyond the pale

lowdown and dirty

good-for-naught

unsophisticated

beneath contempt

of bad reputation

in the doghouse

in the fast lane

pleasure-seeking

gone to the dogs

lacking restraint

ill-humoured^UK

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Adjective

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

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

suggestive of evil

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Adjective

Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease

extraterrestrial

out of the ordinary

not of this world

nonmaterialistic

with second sight

with a sixth sense

unrepresentative

parapsychological

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Adjective

Causing anxiety or concern

energy-consuming

pick-and-shovel

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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

disadvantageous

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

given to looking on the black side

in the doldrums

uncommunicative

sorry for oneself

down-in-the-mouth

looking on the black side

having the blahs

having blue devils

singing the blues

not encouraging

full of hardship

sick as a parrot

poverty-stricken

suggestive of evil

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Adjective

Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

desensitised^UK

with a heart of stone

uncompassionate

uncommunicative

lacking compassion

having a killer instinct

involving bloodshed

evil-intentioned

out for revenge

life-threatening

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Unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate

disproportionate

overextravagant

costing an arm and a leg

recrementitious

out of all proportion

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

dishonourable^UK

not in proportion to

out of proportion

out of proportion to

relatively too small for

relatively too large for

without justification

blown up out of all proportion

hyperventilated

excessively high

daylight robbery

highway robbery

costing the earth

over one's head

incommensurable

disproportionate to

overemphasized^US

over-enthusiastic

sensationalistic

not appropriate for

not proportional

out of keeping with

overemphasised^UK

highly coloured

surplus to requirements

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

not appropriate to

not commensurate with

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Adjective

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

like a snake in the grass

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

double-crossing

against the law

gone to the dogs

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Adjective

Not going in a direct course or line

circumlocutionary

twisting and turning

full of twists and turns

taking the long way

long way around

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Adjective

Without hope

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