Ominous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Menacing; threatening: ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent.
  • adj. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
  • adj. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Conveying some omen; serving as a sign or token; significant.
  • Of good omen; auspicious.
  • Of ill omen; giving indication of coming ill; portentous; inauspicious; unlucky.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. presaging ill fortune
  • adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    • Equivalent
    unpropitious    alarming   
    Form
    ominously    ominousness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    significant    portentous    inauspicious    threatening   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sinister    awful    eerie    mournful    weird    harsh    unmistakable    vague    ghastly   
     
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