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Evil or criminal in nature or intent

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

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

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

Fear-inspiring, especially due to being strange or creepy

Disturbing in nature, 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 due to being excessive or disproportionate

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Adjective

Evil or criminal in nature or intent

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

evil-intentioned

unconscientious

good-for-nothing

like a snake in the grass

double-crossing

Mephistophelian

under-the-table

uncompassionate

against the law

accidentally on purpose

insurrectionary

gone to the dogs

without law and order

mephistophelean

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

beyond contempt

beneath contempt

in the fast lane

beyond the pale

lacking restraint

desensitized^US

out for revenge

desensitised^UK

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

beyond description

indescribably evil

take-no-prisoners

with a heart of stone

deserving blame

pleasure-seeking

attention-seeking

full of mischief

ill-disciplined

unauthorized^US

unauthorised^UK

under-the-counter

under the table

contrary to law

under the counter

in violation of law

against the rules

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“Just one look at that sinister and evil man made me wonder why I had even bothered to come to Canterbury.”

Adjective

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

unfavourable^UK

suggestive of evil

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

life-threatening

earth-shattering

fire-and-brimstone

uncomplimentary

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“Then one morning came the sinister news of the assassination of Calmette, which threw the whole of Paris into a state of disquietude and apprehension.”

Adjective

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

full of hardship

pick-and-shovel

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Adjective

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

Adjective

Fear-inspiring, especially due to being strange or creepy

Adjective

Disturbing in nature, causing anxiety or concern

anxiety provoking

poverty-stricken

extremely upsetting

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

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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

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

looking on the black side

full of hardship

poverty-stricken

having the blahs

having blue devils

singing the blues

sick as a parrot

suggestive of evil

discountenanced

heavy with grief

with a long face

deeply saddened

overcome with sorrow

conscience-stricken

discombobulated

on the verge of tears

racked with suffering

racked with pain

extremely saddened

deeply regretful

with tears in your eyes

at the end of your tether

mentally defeated

strictly business

self-reproachful

longing for home

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

at end of one's rope

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

full of despair

in floods of tears

emotionally defeated

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

at sixes and sevens

in sackcloth and ashes

extremely sorry

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Adjective

Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor

uncommunicative

ill-humoured^UK

strictly business

bound and determined

evil-intentioned

down in the mouth

with a long face

like a bear with a sore head

having short fuse

hot under collar

easily frightened

easily agitated

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

easily offended

having a fit of the sulks

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Adjective

Unwarranted or inappropriate due to being excessive or disproportionate

disproportionate

unfavourable^UK

lacking in propriety

against the rules

beyond the pale

contrary to the rules

disadvantageous

not good enough

out of character

uncomplimentary

inappropriate to

mutually exclusive

beside the point

nothing to do with it

neither here nor there

not designed for

not up to scratch

out of its element

not up to snuff

out of place with

out of character with

sticking out a mile

standing out a mile

like a fish out of water

not good enough for

whale of difference

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