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