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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN. 2. Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness: earnest1, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid. See ATTITUDE, HEAVY. 3. Having great consequence or weight: earnest1, heavy, momentous, serious, severe, weighty. See IMPORTANT. 4. Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example: dangerous, grievous, serious, severe. See HELP.
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