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ominous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ill, inauspicious |
| Derivation | omen |
a dead and ominous silence prevailed.
ominous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening |
| Derivation | omen |
ominous rumblings of discontent.
Examples of ominous
ominous
Last weekend, I started my car up and heard an ominous rumbling from underneath.
From the post-gazette.com
With an ominous look, he leans over and writes the answer on the piece of paper.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Because of its ominous size, storm surge and flooding were the greatest threats.
From the toledoblade.com
An ominous crack has been spotted in a large glacier high in the Peruvian Andes.
From the newscientist.com
Throughout Saturday evening there had been ominous signs of the trouble to come.
From the time.com
Even more ominous for those on the ground, however, was its demonic persistence.
From the time.com
The All Blacks came back into it, they were building and it was looking ominous.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The pounding, repetitive score, by Daft Punk, intensifies the dully ominous mood.
From the usatoday.com
That is why Russia's invasion of Georgia is so tragic and so potentially ominous.
From the time.com
- Baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
- Ill: presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
- (ominously) in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously"
- (Ominousness) An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. ...
- Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious
- (Adj) -portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening.
- Menacing; threatening
