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1. (adj.) ominous
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.
2. ominous
having the significance of an omen.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L ōminōsus portentous, der. of ōmin-omen)
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| Definition of 'ominous' |
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1. (adj) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
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"
2. (adj) ill, inauspicious, 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"
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Sense: giving a suggestion about something bad that is going to happen
an ominous cloud; an ominous silence.
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Afrikaans: dreigend, onheilspellend |
Arabic: نَذير بالشًّؤْم أو النَّح |
Bulgarian: зловещ |
Brazilian: agourento |
Czech: zlověstný |
German: unheilvoll |
Danish: ildevarslende |
Greek: δυσοίωνος, απειλητικός |
Spanish: de mal agüero, siniestro |
Estonian: pahaendeline |
Farsi: بد یمن |
Finnish: uhkaava |
French: de mauvais augure |
Hebrew: מְבָשֵׂר רָעוֹת |
Hindi: अपशगुन |
Croatian: zlokoban |
Hungarian: baljós(latú) |
Indonesian: beralamat buruk |
Icelandic: óheillavænlegur |
Italian: di malaugurio |
Japanese: 不吉な |
Korean: 불길한 |
Lithuanian: grėsmingas |
Latvian: draudīgs |
Malay: menandakan |
Dutch: onheilspellend |
Norwegian: illevarslende, uhellsvang |
Polish: złowieszczy |
Persian: بد یمن |
Pashto: بد طالع |
Portuguese: agourento |
Romanian: de rău augur |
Russian: зловещий, угрожающий |
Slovak: zlovestný |
Slovenian: zlovešč |
Serbian: zloslutan |
Swedish: olycksbådande |
Thai: ที่เป็นลางร้าย |
Turkish: uğursuz |
Taiwanese: 不祥的 |
Ukrainian: зловісний; загрозливий |
Urdu: بد فال، بد شگون |
Vietnamese: điềm gở |
Chinese: 不祥的 |
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