OMINOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does ominous mean? • OMINOUS (adjective)
The adjective OMINOUS has 2 senses:
1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
2. presaging ill fortune
Familiarity information: OMINOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OMINOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms:
sinister; ominous; minatory; minacious; menacing; threatening; forbidding; baleful
Context examples:
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
Similar:
alarming (causing alarm or fear)
Meaning:
Presaging ill fortune
Synonyms:
ominous; inauspicious; ill
Context examples:
ill omens / ill predictions / my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven / a dead and ominous silence prevailed / a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
Similar:
unpropitious (not propitious)
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