| ADJECTIVE | all | ominous, baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
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| all | ominous, ill, inauspicious | presaging ill fortune |
| Sounds | aa'mahnahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. | |
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| Example | "ominous rumblings of discontent" | |
| Synonyms | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening | |
| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| Spanish | agorero, amenazador, amenazante, funesto, ominoso, siniestro | |
| Catalan | amenaçador, ominós, sinistre | |
| Nouns | omen | a sign of something about to happen |
| Adverbs | ominously | in an ominous manner |
| Meaning | presaging ill fortune. | |
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| Example | "a dead and ominous silence prevailed" | |
| Synonyms | ill, inauspicious | |
| Broader | unpropitious | not propitious |
| Spanish | agorero, ominoso | |
| Catalan | amenaçador, ominós | |
| Nouns | omen | a sign of something about to happen |
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