Chuyển bộ gõ


Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
ominous


adjective
1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments (Freq. 10)
- 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
Syn:
baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory,
sinister, threatening
Similar to:
alarming
Derivationally related forms:
omen, balefulness (for: baleful)
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
Syn:
ill, inauspicious
Similar to:
unpropitious
Derivationally related forms:
omen, inauspiciousness (for: inauspicious)

▼ Từ liên quan / Related words
Related search result for "ominous"

Giới thiệu VNDIC.net | Plugin từ diển cho Firefox | Từ điển cho Toolbar IE | Tra cứu nhanh cho IE | Vndic bookmarklet | Học từ vựng | Vndic trên web của bạn

© Copyright 2006-2024 VNDIC.NET & VDICT.CO all rights reserved.