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ominous > 2 senses
ADJECTIVE1ominous, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threateningThreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
2ominous, ill, inauspiciousPresaging ill fortune
ominous > pronunciation
Soundsaa'mahnahs
Rhymesabacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs...
ominous > adjective 1
MeaningThreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
Examples"ominous rumblings of discontent"
Synonymsbaleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening
Similar toalarming
Nounsomen
Adverbsominously
ominous > adjective 2
MeaningPresaging ill fortune.
Examples"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
Synonymsill, inauspicious
Similar tounpropitious
Nounsomen

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