ominous
adjective/ˈɒmɪnəs/
/ˈɑːmɪnəs/
- suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future synonym foreboding
- There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
- She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end.
- Things looked ominous for Susan.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOminous is used with these nouns:- cloud
- implication
- rumble
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin ominosus, from omen, omin- ‘omen’.
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