• Even more calamitous
• Less rosy
• More appalling
• More awful
• More calamitous
• More critical
• More desperate
• More disastrous
• More dismal
• More drastic
• More dreadful
• More extreme
• More foreboding
• More fraught with danger
• More grim
• More hazardous
• More ominous
• More pressing
• More serious
• More sinister
• More terrible
• More threatening
• More urgent
• Much worse
• Needing more urgent attention
• Of greater concern
• Worse