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  • 91presageful — I adjective augural, augurial, auspicial, foreboding, monitory, ominous, portentous II index inauspicious, ominous, portentous (ominous), p …

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  • 92unpropitious — I adjective adverse, hopeless, ill disposed, ill omened, ill timed, inauspicious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unpromising, untoward II index adverse (hostile), antipathetic ( …

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  • 93fateful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. momentous; prophetic; disastrous. See destiny, prediction, importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Momentous] Syn. portentous, critical, decisive; see crucial , ominous . 2. [Fatal] Syn. destructive …

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  • 94forbidding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prohibitive; repellent, fearsome (see fear); unpleasant, abhorrent; stern, menacing; unfriendly, distant; disagreeable. See ugliness, hindrance, severity, prohibition. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 95grave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sepulcher, tomb, mausoleum; death.See interment. adj. important, weighty, serious; sedate, dignified; momentous, solemn; dull, somber. See dejection, importance, inexcitability. II (Roget s IV) modif …

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  • 96sinister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ominous, unlucky, portentous; left; evil, bad; unpropitious, baleful, injurious; ill starred; ^nalicious, harmful, corrupt. See badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. evil, bad, corrupt, perverse,… …

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  • 97menacing — adjective threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 1) a baleful look forbidding thunderclouds his tone became menacing ominous rumblings of discontent sinister storm clouds a sinister smile …

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  • 98minacious — adjective 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 …

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  • 99threatening — adjective 1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 2) a baleful look forbidding thunderclouds his tone became menacing ominous rumblings of discontent sinister storm clouds a sinister smile …

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  • 100om´i|no|ness — om|i|nous «OM uh nuhs», adjective. 1. of bad omen; unfavorable; threatening: »a dull, ominous rumble (Bret Harte). Those clouds look ominous for our picnic. SYNONYM(S): inauspicious, foreboding. 2. of or like an omen; prophetic; …

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