ominous, adj.
freq. cnt. 10
freq. cnt. 10
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister threatening
sample sentences
"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"
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presaging ill fortune
<adj.all>
ill inauspicious ominous
sample sentences
"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"
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