ominous 音标拼音: ['ɑmənəs]
a . 恶兆的,不吉利的,预兆的
恶兆的,不吉利的,预兆的
ominous adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
baleful }, {
forbidding },
{
menacing }, {
minacious }, {
minatory }, {
ominous },
{
sinister }, {
threatening }]
2 :
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 "
[
synonym : {
ill }, {
inauspicious }, {
ominous }]
Ominous \
Om "
i *
nous \,
a . [
L .
ominosus ,
fr .
omen .
See {
Omen }.]
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 ;
as ,
an ominous dread .
[
1913 Webster ]
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace .
--
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
In the heathen worship of God ,
a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Om "
i *
nous *
ly },
adv . -- {
Om "
i *
nous *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ominous ":
abusive ,
admonitory ,
apocalyptic ,
augural ,
bad ,
badly off ,
baleful ,
baneful ,
black ,
bludgeoning ,
blustering ,
bodeful ,
boding ,
browbeating ,
bulldozing ,
bullying ,
cautionary ,
comminatory ,
corroding ,
corrosive ,
corrupting ,
corruptive ,
counterproductive ,
damaging ,
dark ,
deadly ,
deleterious ,
denunciatory ,
depressed ,
detrimental ,
dire ,
direful ,
disadvantageous ,
disserviceable ,
distressing ,
donsie ,
doomful ,
dreary ,
evil ,
evil -
starred ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
fear -
inspiring ,
forbidding ,
foreboding ,
foreshadowing ,
foretelling ,
foretokening ,
fortuneless ,
funest ,
gloomy ,
grim ,
hapless ,
harmful ,
hectoring ,
hostile ,
hurtful ,
ill ,
ill off ,
ill -
boding ,
ill -
fated ,
ill -
omened ,
ill -
starred ,
imminent ,
in adverse circumstances ,
inauspicious ,
indicative ,
inhospitable ,
injurious ,
intimidating ,
lethal ,
lowering ,
luckless ,
malefic ,
maleficent ,
malevolent ,
malign ,
malignant ,
mantic ,
meaningful ,
menacing ,
minacious ,
minatory ,
mischievous ,
noisome ,
noxious ,
of evil portent ,
oracular ,
out of luck ,
pernicious ,
planet -
struck ,
poisonous ,
portending ,
portentous ,
predictive ,
prejudicial ,
premonitory ,
prognostic ,
prophetic ,
sad ,
scatheful ,
short of luck ,
sibyllic ,
sinister ,
somber ,
star -
crossed ,
terroristic ,
terrorizing ,
threatening ,
threatful ,
toxic ,
unblessed ,
underprivileged ,
unfavorable ,
unfortunate ,
unfriendly ,
unhappy ,
unlucky ,
unpromising ,
unpropitious ,
unprosperous ,
unprovidential ,
untoward ,
vaticinal ,
venenate ,
veneniferous ,
venenous ,
venomous ,
vicious ,
virulent ,
warning
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