English dictionary
ominous
/'/A/m/@/n/@/s/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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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.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
ExamplesOminous rumblings of discontent.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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presaging ill fortune
ExamplesA dead and ominous silence prevailed.
Source: WordNet 3.0