ominous
96
6.4
- adjective
- /ˈɑːmɪnəs/
:
inquietante
- The sky grew dark and ominous as the storm approached.
- sound ominous
- an ominous sign
- an ominous trend
I just the most ominous sheer drop.
- I just the most ominous sheer drop.
- So was just is this ominous or is it just a coincidence?
- And we put the pieces together and they're very ominous.
- It's the notion of the shadow sounds very ominous.
- They're in in my story, they function as a Greek chorus and they're kind of ominous figures.
- That is ominous, but then again, when Putin says anything, it kind of sounds ominous.
- And what's what I find now, this could be something really ominous or it could just be a very strange coincidence.
- But what's more ominous for me is why is why is MSNBC capitulating to Fox News?
- We were both in the green room back there talking about comments by the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, which sounded ominous.
Examples
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All too clearly now, Jaxom remembered the ominous conversation he had overheard.
Fiction book (1991) -
The contemporary scene in the cis may not be as ominous as Kissinger paints it.
Academic text (1993) -
Those last lines, then, are so ominous and strange.
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So he made this ominous dark movie.
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I had the sense of something ominous following me, but never figured out what it was.
Fiction book (1991) -
The long, empty, somewhat ominous hallway.
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By the turn of the 21st century, ominous signs continued to accumulate.
Academic text (2013) -
The flood acquires ominous significance in light of a previous scene.
Academic text (2017) -
They're in in my story, they function as a Greek chorus and they're kind of ominous figures.
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The bell rings again, loud and ominous, magnified by silence: a two-tone bell, high and low.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
94
3.7
Making people feel worried because something seems dangerous
87
6.1
Giving a feeling that something bad will happen
65
3.6
Showing that something bad or dangerous may happen
41
3.9
Causing worry or concern
9
7.3
Making you feel that something bad will happen
4
8.4
Looking or sounding dangerous and making you feel afraid
4
8.1
Likely to bring bad luck and make success unlikely
4
8.6
A strong sign that something important or bad will happen
1
5.0
Giving the feeling that something dangerous may happen
1
9.8
A sign that warns of something bad that may happen
1
8.1
A sign that something bad may happen
That makes people feel afraid
A voice or look that makes you feel someone will cause harm
Giving a strong feeling that something bad will happen
Looking unfriendly or dangerous so people do not want to go near
Antonyms
How Ominous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ominous comes from the Latin root omen, meaning 'sign', plus the ending -ous meaning 'full of'. So, something ominous looks like a 'bad sign' and makes you expect that something unpleasant is going to happen.