of or at a crisis
fault-finding, detracting
causing a person to be considered less moral or less deserving of respect
debasing
sad, gloomy; miserable
bleak, dreary, gloomy
the part of a story or drama (after the climax) when the leading character suffers (before the final catastrophe or resolution)
dropping
not going, reaching, far up
close to the ground; short
dark; gloomy
gloomy, obscure
threatening
menacing, foreboding
(of the sky) darkened by clouds
cloudy, darkened
suggesting evil or the likelihood of bad luck
nasty, menacing
menacing, ominous
menacing, ominous