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ominous |
Overview of adj ominous The adj ominous has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (10) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly -- (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") 2. ill, inauspicious, 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") Antonyms of adj ominous 2 senses of ominous Sense 1 baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming Sense 2 ill, inauspicious, ominous INDIRECT (VIA unpropitious) -> propitious Similarity of adj ominous 2 senses of ominous Sense 1 baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly => alarming (vs. unalarming) Sense 2 ill, inauspicious, ominous => unpropitious (vs. propitious) Attributes of adj ominous Familiarity of adj ominous ominous used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ominous abdominous ominous Overview of adj ominous The adj ominous has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (10) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly -- (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") 2. ill, inauspicious, 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")
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