bad news; news of a death; death notice
terrible luck; very bad luck
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
scoundrel; ruffian; villain
catastrophe; assassination; calamity; disaster
the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
doom; fate; misfortune; disaster
villain; outlaw; assassin
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
great harm (esp. to a person); murder