ominous
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: menacing, foreboding
Synonyms:
apocalyptic
augural
baleful
baneful
clouded
dangerous
dark
dire
direful
dismal
doomed
doomful
fateful
fearful
forbidding
gloomy
grim
haunting
hostile
ill-boding
ill-fated
impending
inauspicious
inhospitable
lowering
malefic
malificent
malign
minatory
perilous
portentous
precursive
premonitory
presaging
prescient
prophetic
sinister
suggestive
threatening
unfriendly
unlucky
unpromising
unpropitious
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