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ominous (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: ominosus, from omen]
making you feel that something bad is going to happen
::'How long will she be ill?' he asked. There was an ominous silence .
::The car is making an ominous rattling sound.
-- ominously adv
::The sky looked ominously dark.