ominous

om·i·nous

O0071700 (ŏm′ə-nəs)adj.1. Menacing; threatening: ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent.2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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[Latin ōminōsus, from ōmen, ōmin-, omen.]

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om′i·nous·ly adv.om′i·nous·ness n.

ominous

(ˈɒmɪnəs) adj1. foreboding evil2. serving as or having significance as an omen[C16: from Latin ōminōsus, from omen] ˈominously adv ˈominousness n

om•i•nous

(ˈɒm ə nəs)

adj. 1. portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious. 2. having the significance of an omen. [1580–90; < Latin ōminōsus portentous, derivative of ōmin- omen] om′i•nous•ly, adv. om′i•nous•ness, n. syn: ominous, portentous, fateful, threatening describe something that foretells a serious and significant outcome or consequence. ominous suggests an evil or harmful consequence: ominous storm clouds. portentous, although it may point to evil or disaster, more often describes something momentous or important: a portentous change in foreign policy. fateful also stresses the great or decisive importance of what it describes: a fateful encounter between two influential leaders. threatening may point to calamity or mere unpleasantness, but usu. suggests that the outcome is imminent: a threatening rumble from a volcano.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ominous - 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"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening, baleful, forbiddingalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	2.	ominous - presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"inauspicious, illunpropitious - not propitious

ominous

adjective threatening, menacing, sinister, dark, forbidding, grim, fateful, foreboding, unpromising, portentous, baleful, inauspicious, premonitory, unpropitious, minatory, bodeful There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.
promising, encouraging, favourable, auspicious, propitious

ominous

adjectivePortending future disaster:apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave, hellfire, portentous, unlucky.

Translations

不祥的

ominous

(ˈominəs) adjective giving a suggestion about something bad that is going to happen. an ominous cloud; an ominous silence. 不祥的 不祥的ˈominously adverb 不祥地 不祥地