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ominous
adjective
(om-i-nous)
presaging ill fortune
Synonyms:
ill
,
inauspicious
,
Examples:
A dead and ominous silence prevailed.
ominous
adjective
(om-i-nous)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms:
baleful
,
forbidding
,
menacing
,
minacious
,
minatory
,
sinister
,
threatening
,
Examples:
Ominous rumblings of discontent.
Words Related to
ominous
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menacing
,
alarming
,
sinister
,
baleful
,
inauspicious
,
ugly
,
minatory
,
unpropitious
,
threatening
,
forbidding
,
ill
,
minacious
,
unsettling
,
grim
,
eerie
,
troubling
,
bleak
,
worrisome
,
disquieting
,
frightening
,
dire
,
disturbing
,
worrying
,
scary
,
terrifying
,
dreadful
,
dismal
,
horrifying
,
spooky
,
daunting
,
troublesome
,
appalling
,
disastrous
,
creepy
,
distressing
,
gruesome
,
terrible
,
pernicious
,
horrendous
,
horrific
,
dark
,
formidable
,
horrible
,
serious
,
unholy
,
bad
,
grave
,
unfortunate
,
threat
,
severe
,
fateful
,
nefarious
,
heavy
,
adverse
,
malign
,
harmful
,
tremendous
,
ill-fated
,
portentous
,
gloomy
,
apocalyptic
,
somber
,
mournful
,
sombre
,
ghostly
,
strange
,
fearsome
,
ghastly
,
cryptic
,
frightful
,
nightmarish
,
uneasy
,
funereal
,
dreary
,
evocative
,
murky
,
chilling
,
unnerving
,
unmistakable
,
bodeful
,
disconcerting
,
sobering
,
eerisome
,
startling
,
stark
,
unmistakeable
,
panomphean
,
haunting
,
tenebrous
,
dispiriting
,
prophetic
,
preominate
,
intriguing
,
unsubtle
,
incongruous
,
infaust
,
sombrous
,
foreholding
,
premonitory
,
emphatic
,
ominous
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