Related Clues:

• Ominous
• Very serious
• Like ''Aida''
• Portending disaster
• Grim
• Heartbreaking
• Desperate, as circumstances
• Deplorably bad
• Like Arctic winters
• Kind of need
• Desperate, as a situation
• Like "Othello"
• Deeply distressing
• Fraught with peril
• Like some weather