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Synonyms for "ominous" in English

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ominous:
- ominous; sinister; frightening; terrifying; scary; ghastly; obnoxious; appalling; detestable; abominable; horrid; terrible; horrible; odious; ill-fated; unholy; ill; inauspicious; threatening; forbidding; menacing; baleful; minacious; minatory
- ominous; ill-boding; evil-boding; sinister; ill-omened; fatal

English

Detailed Synonyms for ominous in English

ominous:

ominous adj

ominous
ominous; sinister
- ominous adj
- sinister adj
ominous
frightening; terrifying; ominous; sinister
- frightening adj
- terrifying adj
- ominous adj
- sinister adj
scary
– provoking fear terror ¹
- scary adj
  - a scary movie¹
ominous
ghastly; ominous; obnoxious; appalling; detestable; abominable; horrid; terrible; sinister; horrible; odious; ill-fated; unholy
- ghastly adj
- ominous adj
- obnoxious adj
- appalling adj
- detestable adj
- abominable adj
- horrid adj
- terrible adj
- sinister adj
- horrible adj
- odious adj
- ill-fated adj
- unholy adj
ominous

– presaging ill fortune ¹
ill; ominous; inauspicious
– presaging ill fortune ¹
- ill adj
  - ill omens¹
  - ill predictions¹
- ominous adj
  - a dead and ominous silence prevailed¹
- inauspicious adj
  - my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven¹
ominous

– threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments ¹
ominous; sinister; threatening; forbidding; menacing; baleful; minacious; minatory
– threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments ¹
- ominous adj
  - ominous rumblings of discontent¹
- sinister adj
  - sinister storm clouds¹
  - a sinister smile¹
- threatening adj
  - his threatening behavior¹
- forbidding adj
  - forbidding thunderclouds¹
- menacing adj
  - his tone became menacing¹
- baleful adj
  - a baleful look¹
- minacious adj
- minatory adj

ominous

ominous
ominous; ill-boding; evil-boding
ominous
ominous; sinister; ill-omened
ominous
ominous; fatal
- ominous
- fatal

Related Words for "ominous":

ominousness, ominously

Alternate Synonyms for "ominous":

baleful; forbidding; menacing; minacious; minatory; sinister; threatening; alarming
ill; inauspicious; unpropitious

Related Definitions for "ominous":

presaging ill fortune¹
- a dead and ominous silence prevailed¹
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments¹
- ominous rumblings of discontent¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University