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om·i·nous
(ŏm′ə-nəs)adj.
1. Menacing; threatening: ominous black clouds; ominous rumblings of discontent.
2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.
[Latin ōminōsus, from ōmen, ōmin-, omen.]
om′i·nous·ly adv.
om′i·nous·ness n.
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ominous
(ˈɒmɪnəs)adj
1. foreboding evil
2. serving as or having significance as an omen
[C16: from Latin ōminōsus, from omen]
ˈominously adv
ˈominousness n
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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.
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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" alarming - 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" unpropitious - not propitious |
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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
promising, encouraging, favourable, auspicious, propitious
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ominous
adjectivePortending future disaster:
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Translations
نَذير بالشًّؤْم أو النَّحْس
ildevarslende
enteellinenpahaenteinenuhkaava
óheillavænlegur
draudīgs
ominous
[ˈɒmɪnəs] ADJ [development, event] → de mal agüero; [silence] → que no augura nada bueno, que no presagia nada bueno; [sound] → siniestro; [cloud] → amenazador; [tone] (= sinister) → amenazador; (= worrying) → inquietantethat's ominous → eso es una mala señal
it was an ominous sign → era una señal de mal agüero
the silence was ominous → el silencio no auguraba or no presagiaba nada bueno
to look/sound ominous → no augurar or presagiar nada bueno
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ominous
[ˈɒmɪnəs] adj [sign] → de mauvais augure; [event, development] → inquiétant(e); [silence] → de mauvais augure; [sound] → menaçant(e)They see this as an ominous development → Ils considèrent ceci comme un développement inquiétant.
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone → Il y eut un silence de mauvais augure à l'autre bout du fil.
The rolls of distant thunder were growing more ominous → Les grondements du tonnerre au loin se faisaient plus menaçants.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ominous
adj → bedrohlich, ominös; event, appearance also → drohend; look, voice also → Unheil verkündend, unheilschwanger; sign also → verhängnisvoll; sky → bedrohlich; that’s ominous → das lässt nichts Gutes ahnen; that sounds/looks ominous (fig) → das verspricht nichts Gutes
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
ominous
[ˈɒmɪnəs] adj (sign) → minaccioso/a, infausto/a; (event) → di malaugurio; (look, smile, silence) → sinistro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ominous
(ˈominəs) adjective giving a suggestion about something bad that is going to happen. an ominous cloud; an ominous silence.
ˈominously adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ominous
a. ominoso-a, nefasto-a.
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