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ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened
Archaic
annoying
Archaic
appearing to be true; plausible
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)
Colloquial; Obsolete term
harm caused by dumping human waste from train toilets onto the track
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
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