ominous

Words with a similar base: ominous

'ominous'

[baleful.s.02] as in: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Examples:
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

'ominous'

[ill.s.04] as in: presaging ill fortune; ; ; - P.B.Shelley

Examples:
ill omens
ill predictions
my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven
a dead and ominous silence prevailed
a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government

Origins

					ominous (English)
└── ominosus (Latin)

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