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111fire-and-brimstone — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …
112hellfire — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire and brimstone, grave2, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …
113funest — “portending death,” 1550s (implied in funestal), from M.Fr. funeste unlucky (14c.), from L. funestus causing death, destructive; mournful, from funus (see FUNERAL (Cf. funeral) (n.)) …
114sinister — early 15c., prompted by malice or ill will, from O.Fr. sinistre contrary, unfavorable, to the left, from L. sinister left, on the left side (opposite of dexter), perhaps from root *sen and meaning properly the slower or weaker hand [Tucker], but… …
115threaten — O.E. þreatnian (see THREAT (Cf. threat)). Related: Threatened. Threatening in the sense of portending no good is recorded from 1520s …
116portend — [[t]pɔː(r)te̱nd[/t]] portends, portending, portended VERB If something portends an event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future. [FORMAL] [V n] The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions …
117bodeful — adj. portending; being a sign or omen …
118premonitory — adj. cautionary, admonitory; of a warning; serving as a warning; foreboding, portending evilpre·mon·i·to·ry || prɪ mÉ‘nɪtÉ”rɪ /prɪ mÉ’nɪtrɪ …
119sinister — sin·is·ter || sɪnɪstÉ™(r) adj. evil, malicious; threatening, ominous, portending evil; left, on the left side …
120disastrous — a. 1. Calamitous, unfortunate, unlucky, hapless, adverse, ruinous, destructive, untoward, unprosperous, ill fated, ill starred. 2. Foreboding, threatening, gloomy, dismal, portentous, portending disaster …
