ominous (redirected from ominousness)

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 [ˈɒmɪnəs]

adj

1. foreboding evil

2. serving as or having significance as an omen

[from Latin ōminōsus, from omen]

ominously  adv

ominousness  n

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 There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
promising, encouraging, favourable, auspicious, propitious

Translations

ominous [ˈɒmɪnəs] ADJ [development, event] → de mal agüero; [silence] → que no augura nada bueno, que no presagia nada bueno; [sound] → siniestro; [cloud] → amenazador; [tone] (= sinister) → amenazador; (= worrying) → inquietante
that's ominous → eso es una mala señal
it was an ominous sign → era una señal de mal agüero
the silence was ominous → el silencio no auguraba or no presagiaba nada bueno
to look/sound ominous → no augurar or presagiar nada bueno

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ominous [ˈɒmɪnəs] adj [sign] → de mauvais augure; [event, development] → inquiétant(e); [silence] → de mauvais augure; [sound] → menaçant(e)
They see this as an ominous development → Ils considèrent ceci comme un développement inquiétant.
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone → Il y eut un silence de mauvais augure à l'autre bout du fil.
The rolls of distant thunder were growing more ominous → Les grondements du tonnerre au loin se faisaient plus menaçants.

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ominous

adj → bedrohlich, ominös; event, appearance also → drohend; look, voice also → Unheil verkündend, unheilschwanger; sign also → verhängnisvoll; sky → bedrohlich; that’s ominous → das lässt nichts Gutes ahnen; that sounds/looks ominous (fig) → das verspricht nichts Gutes

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ominous [ˈɒmɪnəs] adj (sign) → minaccioso/a, infausto/a; (event) → di malaugurio; (look, smile, silence) → sinistro/a

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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 uhkaava 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