Synonyms for ominous
ˈɒm ə nəsomi·nous

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1. ominousadjective

   Synonyms:
   threatening, portentous

2. ominousadjective

   Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.

   Synonyms:
   threatening, portentous

3. ominousadjective

   Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.

   Synonyms:
   portentous, threatening

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1. ominous

   Synonyms:
   portentous, suggestive, threatening, foreboding, premonitory, unpropitious

   Antonyms:
   auspicious, propitious, encouraging

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1. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   grim, inauspicious, sullen, minacious, baneful, lowering, black, baleful, dark, sinister, heavy, minatory, dour, menacing, ill, forbidding, threatening

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, propitious

2. ill, inauspicious, ominousadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   baleful, threatening, sick, minacious, ill, inauspicious, untoward, forbidding, minatory, menacing, sinister, adverse, unfortunate

   Antonyms:
   propitious, unalarming

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1. ominousadjective

   Synonyms:
   portentous, monitory, premonitory

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1. ominousadjective

   Synonyms:
   portentous, monitory, premonitory, threatening

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1. List of paraphrases for "ominous":

   sinister, worrying, disturbing, worrisome, alarming

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How to use ominous in a sentence?

1. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Since BSNL internet connection has been closed down since morning today under influence of corporate bodies it is an ominous sign of some major up or down in the stock market in the first hour of trading session. BEWARE

2. Srikanth Kondapalli:

   The second informal meeting as such is significant given these ominous signals at bilateral, regional and global levels.

3. Andrea Dupree:

   No one knows how a star behaves in the weeks before it explodes, and there were some ominous predictions that Betelgeuse was ready to become a supernova, chances are, however, that it will not explode during our lifetime, but who knows ?

4. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani:

   Unfortunately two countries which are committed to peace and stability are in danger from regional and international terrorism, our discussions were based on how to bring under control and eliminate those ominous phenomena which are obstacles to stability, prosperity and cooperation in the region.

5. President George H.W. Bush:

   I remember very quiet nights at the dinner table, george was weighing grim scenarios and ominous intelligence about potentially even more devastating attacks.