of or at a crisis

fault-finding, detracting

causing a person to be considered less moral or less deserving of respect

debasing

sad, gloomy; miserable

bleak, dreary, gloomy

the part of a story or drama (after the climax) when the leading character suffers (before the final catastrophe or resolution)

dropping

not going, reaching, far up

close to the ground; short

dark; gloomy

gloomy, obscure

threatening

menacing, foreboding

(of the sky) darkened by clouds

cloudy, darkened

suggesting evil or the likelihood of bad luck

nasty, menacing

menacing, ominous

menacing, ominous