• Dreadful to the max
• In the most desperate way
• Like the worst predictions
• Most calamitous
• Most desperate
• Most dreadful
• Most extreme
• Most fearsome
• Most formidable
• Most fraught with danger
• Most hopeless
• Most terrible
• Most urgent
• No. 1 in despair
• Terrible to the max
• Worst
• Worst, needwise