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Synonyms for ominous
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : om-uh-nuh s |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒm ə nəs |
Top 10 synonyms for ominous Other synonyms for the word ominous
- augural
- baleful
- baneful
- clouded
- direful
- doomed
- doomful
- fateful
- fearful
- forbidding
- hostile
- ill-boding
- ill-fated
- impending
- inauspicious
- inhospitable
- lowering
- malefic
- malificent
- malign
- minatory
- precursive
- premonitory
- presaging
- prescient
- prophetic
- sinister
- suggestive
- threatening
- unfriendly
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
Définition of ominous
Origin :- 1580s, from Latin ominosus "full of foreboding," from omen (genitive ominis) "foreboding" (see omen). Related: Ominousness.
- adj menacing, foreboding
- The spectacle as night fell was strange, ominous, but not unpicturesque.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- It seemed an extraordinary thing, an ominous object, a sign.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- At this ominous sight, I instinctively seized the bitts for protection.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- This made all the inhabitants of that melancholy and ominous apartment.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- An ominous leave-taking was his, and calamity was there to greet him home again.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- With ominous deliberation he turned his vast weight upon them.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- The street was black with people, surging back and forth, restless, ominous.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- Had he contented himself with looking fierce and ominous, all would have been well.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- But somehow they conveyed an ominous suggestion to her keen mind.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Then came the ominous clicking of the breeches as cartridges were thrust home.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
Antonyms for ominous
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