portending+disaster
21direful — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see dire II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, dire, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous. See FEAR. 2.… …
22apocalyptical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire and brimstone, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …
23baneful — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Extremely destructive or harmful: deadly, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, virulent. See HELP. 2. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, dire, direful, fateful, fire and …
24fire-and-brimstone — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …
25hellfire — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire and brimstone, grave2, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …
26ominous — om•i•nous [[t]ˈɒm ə nəs[/t]] adj. 1) portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious 2) having the significance of an omen • Etymology: 1580–90; < L ōminōsus portentous, der. of ōmin omen om′i•nous•ly, adv. om′i•nous•ness, n.… …
27bod´ing|ly — bod|ing «BOH dihng», noun, adjective. –n. a premonition; omen; portent: »a boding of disaster. –adj. portending; ominous: »listening to the boding cry of the tree toad (Washington Irving). ╂[Old English bodung < bodian announce < boda… …
28bod|ing — «BOH dihng», noun, adjective. –n. a premonition; omen; portent: »a boding of disaster. –adj. portending; ominous: »listening to the boding cry of the tree toad (Washington Irving). ╂[Old English bodung < bodian announce < boda messenger] – …
