doomful

Examples

• All

• A doomful silence filled the hall after the announcement.

• The doomful clouds gathered ominously in the sky.

• The sky was covered in doomful clouds before the storm began.

• She had a doomful feeling about the upcoming storm.

• The sky was filled with doomful clouds, indicating a storm was approaching.

• His tone had a doomful quality that made everyone anxious about the news he was about to share.

• She had a doomful feeling as she watched the ominous storm roll in over the mountains.

Synonyms

A

alarming

vsdoomful

113 3.7

Making people feel worried because something seems dangerous

evokes a deeper, more catastrophic sense of looming disaster than mere worry

S

sinister

vsdoomful

90 6.1

Giving a feeling that something bad will happen

focuses more on broad disaster and danger rather than specific evil intent

O

ominous

vsdoomful

74 6.4

Makes you feel that something bad will happen

emphasizes an intense sense of disaster and immediate threat

F

foreboding

vsdoomful

8 7.3

Making you feel that something bad will happen

conveys a stronger, more dramatic sense of disaster or imminent danger

P

portentous

vsdoomful

• Formal

4 8.6

A strong sign that something important or bad will happen

gives a direct, urgent sense of impending disaster rather than formal warning

P

premonitory

vsdoomful

1 9.8

A sign that warns of something bad that may happen

creates a vivid sense of immediate disaster rather than merely signalling it

Antonyms

P

promising

205 3.1

Showing signs of future success

H

hopeful

181 1.8

Feeling positive and expecting a good result

How Ominous

apocalyptic

57 8.6

doomful

• Archaic

1 7.9

threatening

140 3.6

ominous

74 6.4

worrying

27 2.0

unsettling

68 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology