| Worst |
| Most dismal |
| Most urgent |
| Most extreme |
| Most ominous |
| Most serious |
| Most dreadful |
| Most terrible |
| Most desperate |
| Worst, needwise |
| Most calamitous |
| Terrible to the max |
| Pressing to the max |
| Most hopeless |
| Most fraught with danger |
| In the most desperate way |
| Like the worst predictions |