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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
indicating or threatening future evil or unpleasantness.
The black clouds looked ominous, so we paddled toward the shore.The messenger conveyed an ominous warning.- synonyms:
- foreboding, sinister, threatening
- antonyms:
- auspicious, promising
- similar words:
- baleful, dark, dire, forbidding, grim, ill, menacing, minatory, portentous, ugly, unfavorable
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| definition 2: |
of or serving as an omen, esp. a bad omen.
The appearance of the comet was considered ominous.- synonyms:
- foretelling, portentous, premonitory
- similar words:
- foreboding, prognostic
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| related words: |
awful, chill, dread, fatal, malign, malignant, perilous, unlucky, warning, woeful |
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| derivations: |
ominously (adv.), ominousness (n.) |
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