Definition of ominous Ominous
/ɑˈmʌnʌs/ - [amunus] - om•i•nous
We found 6 definitions of ominous from 4 different sources.
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What does ominous mean?
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| 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" | ||
| ill, inauspicious | ||
| unpropitious not propitious | ||
| 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" | ||
| baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening | ||
| alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ominous (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. - ominous (Adjective)
Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ominous (a.)
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ominous
om′in-us, adj. pertaining to, or containing, an omen: foreboding evil: inauspicious.—adv. Om′inously.—n. Om′inousness
