ominous

om·i·nous  (m-ns)

adj.

1. Menacing; threatening: ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent.

2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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[Latin minsus, from men, min-, omen.]

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omi·nous·ly adv.

omi·nous·ness n.

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ominous

Adjective

warning of evil [Latin ominosus]

ominously adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ominous - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "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" menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening, baleful, forbidding alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	2.	ominous - presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" inauspicious, ill unpropitious - not propitious

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ominous

adjective threatening, menacing, sinister, dark, forbidding, grim, fateful, foreboding, unpromising, portentous, baleful, inauspicious, premonitory, unpropitious, minatory, bodeful << OPPOSITE promising

Translations

ominous [ˈɔmɪnəs] adj → de mal agüero, amenazador(a)

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ominous [ˈɔmɪnəs] adj → menaçant(e) → inquiétant(e); [event] → de mauvais augure

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ominous [ˈɔmɪnəs] adj [silence, warning] → ominös; [clouds, smoke] → bedrohlich

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ominous [ˈɔmɪnəs] adj → minaccioso/a; [event] → di malaugurio

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ominous

adj ominous [ˈominəs]

giving a suggestion about something bad that is going to happen an ominous cloud; an ominous silence. dreigend, onheilspellend نَذير بالشًّؤْم أو النَّحْس зловещ zlověstný ildevarslende unheilvoll δυσοίωνος, απειλητικός de mal agüero, siniestro pahaendeline بد یمن pahaenteinen de mauvais augure מְבָשֵׂר רָעוֹת अपशगुन zlokoban baljós(latú) beralamat buruk óheillavænlegur di malaugurio 不吉な 불길한 grėsmingas draudīgs menandakan onheilspellend illevarslende, uhellsvanger złowieszczy agourento de rău augur зловещий, угрожающий zlovestný zlovešč zloslutan olycksbådande ที่เป็นลางร้าย uğursuz 不祥的 зловісний; загрозливий بد فال، بد شگون điềm gở 不祥的

adv ominously

dreigende, onheilspellende مُنذِر بالشُّؤم зловещо zlověstně ildevarslende unheilvoll δυσοίωνα, απειλητικά siniestramente pahaendeliselt بطور شوم uhkaavasti sinistrement בְּאוֹפֶן הַמבָשֵׂר רַעוֹת अशुभ, अनष्ठिसूचक zlokobno vészjóslóan mengerikan óheillavænlega malauguratamente 不吉に 불길하게 grėsmingai draudīgi menandakan onheilspellend illevarslende złowieszczo de modo ameaçador ameninţător зловеще, угрожающе zlovestne zlovešče zloslutno på ett olycksbådande sätt อย่างเป็นลาง uğursuzca 不祥地 зловісно; загрозливо بد شگوني سے về điềm gở 不祥地