| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abysmal | extremely bad |
| 2. | acute | extremely serious or intense |
| 3. | alarming | causing fear or concern |
| 4. | appalling | shockingly bad |
| 5. | at a low ebb | at a very weak point |
| 6. | at the breaking point | near collapse or failure |
| 7. | atrocious | shockingly bad |
| 8. | awful | very bad or unpleasant |
| 9. | baleful | threatening harm; ominous |
| 10. | black | very dark or grim |
| 11. | bleak | without hope or encouragement |
| 12. | brutal | harsh and severe |
| 13. | calamitous | bringing great disaster |
| 14. | catastrophic | disastrously bad |
| 15. | collapsed | fallen apart or failed |
| 16. | crisis-level | as serious as a crisis |
| 17. | crisis-ridden | full of serious problems |
| 18. | critical | at a dangerous turning point |
| 19. | dangerous | likely to cause harm |
| 20. | dark | gloomy or threatening |
| 21. | desperate | extremely serious and urgent |
| 22. | devastating | causing overwhelming harm |
| 23. | disastrous | causing great damage or failure |
| 24. | disquieting | causing unease or worry |
| 25. | disturbing | upsetting or alarming |
| 26. | dreadful | extremely bad or alarming |
| 27. | failing | declining toward collapse |
| 28. | fatal | causing death or disaster |
| 29. | fearful | causing fear; dreadful |
| 30. | ferocious | extremely fierce or violent |
| 31. | forlorn | pitifully sad and bleak |
| 32. | fraught | filled with something bad |
| 33. | frightening | causing fear or alarm |
| 34. | frightful | very bad or alarming |
| 35. | ghastly | shockingly unpleasant or bad |
| 36. | gloomy | depressingly dark or hopeless |
| 37. | grave | very serious or alarming |
| 38. | graveyard | deathly bleak or hopeless |
| 39. | grim | very serious and depressing |
| 40. | hairy | dangerous or difficult |
| 41. | hard | difficult to bear |
| 42. | harsh | severe or cruel |
| 43. | hazardous | full of risk or danger |
| 44. | hopeless | offering no chance of success |
| 45. | hopelessly bad | extremely bad beyond repair |
| 46. | horrendous | extremely unpleasant or bad |
| 47. | horrible | very unpleasant or alarming |
| 48. | ill-omened | suggesting bad luck ahead |
| 49. | inauspicious | not promising success |
| 50. | lamentable | very disappointing or regrettable |
| 51. | lethal | able to cause death |
| 52. | life-threatening | likely to cause death |
| 53. | menacing | appearing likely to cause harm |
| 54. | merciless | showing no mercy |
| 55. | morbid | disturbingly grim |
| 56. | mortal | causing death; deadly |
| 57. | nasty | very unpleasant or harmful |
| 58. | nerve-racking | extremely stressful |
| 59. | nightmarish | like a terrible nightmare |
| 60. | ominous | suggesting something bad ahead |
| 61. | on the brink | close to disaster |
| 62. | parlous | dangerously bad or uncertain |
| 63. | perilous | full of danger |
| 64. | precarious | dangerously unstable or uncertain |
| 65. | problematic | causing difficulty or concern |
| 66. | relentless | continuing without relief |
| 67. | risky | involving possible danger or loss |
| 68. | rocky | unstable and difficult |
| 69. | rough | difficult and unpleasant |
| 70. | ruined | badly damaged or destroyed |
| 71. | ruinous | causing severe damage or loss |
| 72. | serious | not minor; very important |
| 73. | severe | very harsh or serious |
| 74. | shaky | unstable or uncertain |
| 75. | sinister | suggesting evil or danger |
| 76. | somber | dark and gloomy |
| 77. | stark | harshly clear and severe |
| 78. | stormy | troubled and threatening |
| 79. | strained | tense and difficult |
| 80. | tempestuous | very turbulent and troubled |
| 81. | tense | full of nervous strain |
| 82. | terrible | extremely bad or severe |
| 83. | threatening | suggesting serious harm |
| 84. | touch-and-go | uncertain and risky |
| 85. | tragic | causing great sadness or disaster |
| 86. | troubling | causing distress or concern |
| 87. | turbulent | full of disorder and trouble |
| 88. | unpromising | unlikely to succeed |
| 89. | unsafe | not safe |
| 90. | unsound | not safe or reliable |
| 91. | untenable | unable to be maintained |
| 92. | up against it | facing severe difficulty |
| 93. | urgent | needing immediate action |
| 94. | vicious | dangerously violent or cruel |
| 95. | violent | involving great force or harm |
| 96. | woeful | very bad or sorrowful |
| 97. | worrying | causing concern or anxiety |
| 98. | worsening | becoming more serious |
| 99. | wrecked | badly damaged or ruined |
| 100. | wretched | very unhappy or bad |
