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Ominous a. : Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.

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ominous from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... synonyms ominous, portentous, fateful mean having a menacing or threatening aspect. ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) baleful
  (adjective) forbidding
  (adjective) menacing
  (adjective) minacious
  (adjective) minatory
  (adjective) sinister
  (adjective) threatening
  (adjective) ill
  (adjective) inauspicious
similar terms
  (adjective) alarming
  (adjective) unpropitious


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