Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Menacing; threatening.
- adjective Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Conveying some omen; serving as a sign or token; significant.
- Of good omen; auspicious.
- Of ill omen; giving indication of coming ill; portentous; inauspicious; unlucky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an
omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen;significant . - adjective Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen;
threatening ;portentous ;inauspicious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective presaging ill fortune
- adjective threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Devil's Reef, the Devil's Horse-shoe or by some other term ominous of shipwrecks.
Sketches from Concord and Appledore Frank Preston Stearns 1881
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What's even more ominous is that the trendlines aren't all that great, heading into October.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch: September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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A wave of hateful messages and death threats hit the University, and was joined soon enough by a few political leaders and wealthy donors instructing officials in ominous tones to cancel my visit to the campus.
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Within a week, Syria agrees to a returning US Envoy, that should tell you something real ominous is brewing.
Officials: President Obama reconsidering July 4 invitations to Iran 2009
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A wave of hateful messages and death threats hit the University, and was joined soon enough by a few political leaders and wealthy donors instructing officials in ominous tones to cancel my visit to the campus.
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What's even more ominous is that the trendlines aren't all that great, heading into October.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch: September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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What's even more ominous is that the trendlines aren't all that great, heading into October.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch: September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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What's even more ominous is that the trendlines aren't all that great, heading into October.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch: September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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What's even more ominous is that the trendlines aren't all that great, heading into October.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch: September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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What's even more ominous is that the trendlines aren't all that great, heading into October.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch: September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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the exorcist is ominous
October 1, 2010
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"It was ominous at night. Dim light from the glass-domed ceiling cast crosshatched shadows across the walls like a giant spiderweb" (The Red Pyramid, p. 18) The Red Pyramid
October 24, 2012
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Clockwork Prince
Page 102
She had found her room chilly, dark, and more than slightly (ominous).
October 24, 2012