Ominous synonyms
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Part of speech:
(UK, slang) disgusting; gross
Often recurring to the mind and typically evoking poignant feelings
That portends evil; ominous
Serving as a warning.
auspicious (antonym)
Conducive to success.
The definition of suggestive is something hinted at or recommended.
Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
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Not lucky; having, attended with, bringing, or involving bad luck; unfortunate, ill-fated, or ill-omened
Of or constituting a culminating or decisive event, turning point, etc., esp. one that is unsettling or threatening
(--- Archaic) On, to, or toward the left-hand side; left
Unfavorable; inauspicious:
of evil portent
Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
Sullen or threatening:
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Served without milk or cream:
ever-threatening
Dire is defined as something that is urgent.
Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
Overspread with or enveloped in darkness or dimness
Involving peril or risk; dangerous
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Unlucky or doomed to disaster
The definition of impending is about to happen.
Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative:
Not favorable; not auspicious.
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warn (related)
Portending future disaster
Ominous.
encouraging (antonym)
Giving courage, confidence or hope
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Unpleasant; disagreeable:
Having important consequences; often, specif., bringing death or destruction
favorable (antonym)
Advantageous; helpful:
dangerous (related)
Full of danger; likely to cause injury, pain, etc.; unsafe; perilous
dismal (related)
Causing gloom or misery; depressing
frightful (related)
Shocking; terrible
oracular (related)
Like an oracle; wise, prophetic, mysterious, etc.
Characterized by an impassioned emphasis on damnation and eternal punishment
Dignified and solemn or sedate in manner or mien
Portending future disaster
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luck (related)
Portending future disaster
Conveying or constituting a threat
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
Giving or containing monition; admonishing
promising (antonym)
propitious (antonym)
The definition of propitious is someone that is helpful or generous.
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lucky (antonym)
The definition of lucky is someone who has good fortune, something that brings good fortune, or something that results from good fortune and chance.
happy (antonym)
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous:
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
Of a menacing or threatening nature; minatory.
eerie (related)
unmistakable (related)
ominously (related)
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incongruous (related)
unmistakeable (related)
unnerving (related)
Synonym Study
- Foreboding implies a portent or presentiment of something evil or harmful a foreboding anxiety
- Fateful may imply a fatal character or control by fate, but is now usually applied to that which is of momentous or decisive significance a fateful decision
- Portentous may imply a foreshadowing, esp. of evil, but is now more often used of that which arouses awe or amazement because of its prodigious or marvelous character a portentous event
- Ominous implies a threatening character but does not necessarily connote a disastrous outcome the request was met by an ominous silence
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