ominous

Letters that make ominous

s, o, n, m, i, u are letters that make 'ominous'

Words within ominous

nous, mi, Min, MI, no, in, US, IN, In, No, min are words within 'ominous'


2 possible definitions for 'ominous'

Ominous as "threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments"

Under this definition, ominous is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

forbidding, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening have the same meaning as 'ominous'

Derivatives of ominous

omen, portent, presage, balefulness, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy, maleficence, mischief are derivatives of 'ominous'.

Similar to ominous

alarming is similar to ominous.

Example of ominous used within this context

"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 as "presaging ill fortune"

Under this definition, ominous is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

inauspicious, ill have the same meaning as 'ominous'

Derivatives of ominous

omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy, inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness are derivatives of 'ominous'.

Similar to ominous

unpropitious is similar to ominous.

Example of ominous used within this context

"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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