ominous
Collocations
5ADJ.
atmospheric, portent, sure
VERB + OMINOUS
became, came, clouds, conjures, increases, look, looks, noticed
OMINOUS + NOUN
implications, liberality, lucy, mood, premonition, rumble, scrooge, statement
PREP.
after, in, on, with
ADV.
only
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
In Cornouaille, Brittany, it is popularly believed that the weather of the last six days of December and the first six of January prognosticates the weather of the twelve months; but in other parts of Brittany it is the first twelve days of January that are supposed to be ominous of the weather for the year.
Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — presaging ill fortune
- ill
- inauspicious
adjective — threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- baleful
- forbidding
- menacing
- minacious
- minatory
- sinister
- threatening
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6In Cornouaille, Brittany, it is popularly believed that the weather of the last six days of December and the first six of January prognosticates the weather of the twelve months; but in other parts of
WiktionaryCalifornia poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
WiktionaryThe idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s qui
WiktionaryThe sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
Tatoeba · #329029That sounds ominous.
Tatoeba · #2250921There was an ominous silence.
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