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ominous

/'/A/m/@/n/@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. 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; as, an <i>ominous</i> dread.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

    adj.all

    Examples
    Ominous rumblings of discontent.
    Synonyms baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory sinister threatening

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. presaging ill fortune

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dead and ominous silence prevailed.
    Synonyms ill inauspicious

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

omeromertaomicronomileticalominateominationominouslyomissibleomissionomissiveomitomittance

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