ominous
11ominous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inauspicious, bodeful, fateful. See warning, prediction, threat. Ant., unthreatening. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. foreboding, portentous, threatening, forbidding, fateful, baleful, menacing,… …
12ominous — [[t]ɒ̱mɪnəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as ominous, you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something unpleasant is going to happen. There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone... The rolls of… …
13ominous — om•i•nous [[t]ˈɒm ə nəs[/t]] adj. 1) portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious 2) having the significance of an omen • Etymology: 1580–90; < L ōminōsus portentous, der. of ōmin omen om′i•nous•ly, adv. om′i•nous•ness, n.… …
14ominous — om|i|nous [ˈɔmınəs US ˈa: ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: ominosus, from omen] making you feel that something bad is going to happen ▪ How long will she be ill? he asked. There was an ominous silence . ▪ The car is making an ominous… …
15ominous — adj. Ominous is used with these nouns: ↑cloud, ↑implication, ↑rumble, ↑sign, ↑silence, ↑spectre, ↑warning …
16ominous — om|i|nous [ amınəs ] adjective making you think that something bad will happen: There was an ominous silence. ╾ om|i|nous|ly adverb …
17ominous — adjective making you feel that something bad is going to happen: The car is making an ominous rattling sound. ominously adverb: The sky looked ominously dark …
18ominous — UK [ˈɒmɪnəs] / US [ˈɑmɪnəs] adjective making you think that something bad will happen There was an ominous silence. Derived word: ominously adverb …
19ominous — [ˈɒmɪnəs] adj making you think that something bad will happen an ominous silence[/ex] ominously adv …
20ominous — /ˈɒmənəs / (say omuhnuhs) adjective 1. portending evil; inauspicious; threatening: a dull, ominous rumble. 2. having the significance of an omen. {Latin ōminōsus portentous} –ominously, adverb –ominousness, noun …
