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  • 21ominous — UK [ˈɒmɪnəs] / US [ˈɑmɪnəs] adjective making you think that something bad will happen There was an ominous silence. Derived word: ominously adverb …

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  • 22ominous — [ˈɒmɪnəs] adj making you think that something bad will happen an ominous silence[/ex] ominously adv …

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  • 23ominous — /ˈɒmənəs / (say omuhnuhs) adjective 1. portending evil; inauspicious; threatening: a dull, ominous rumble. 2. having the significance of an omen. {Latin ōminōsus portentous} –ominously, adverb –ominousness, noun …

  • 24ominous — adjective a) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. b) Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious. Syn: portentous …

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  • 25ominous — Synonyms and related words: abusive, admonitory, apocalyptic, augural, bad, badly off, baleful, baneful, black, bludgeoning, blustering, bodeful, boding, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cautionary, comminatory, corroding, corrosive, corrupting …

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  • 26ominous — om·i·nous || É‘mɪnÉ™s / É’m adj. delivering bad news; foreboding; threatening …

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  • 27ominous — adjective giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen. Derivatives ominously adverb ominousness noun Origin C16: from L. ominosus, from omen, omin omen …

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  • 28ominous — a. Portentous, monitory, premonitory, inauspicious, unpropitious …

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  • 29ominous — adj 1. portentous, foreboding, bodeful, ill boding, boding evil, ill omened, of evil portent; inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavorable, unpromising, unfortunate, unlucky, ill fated, ill starred, star crossed, doomed from the start; threatening,… …

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  • 30ominous — om·i·nous …

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