ominous

Определение ominous в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious; portentous; {a} foreboding ill, foreshowing ill, bad; 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"; {s} delivering bad news; foreboding; threatening; 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"; Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread; Harmful, having an injurious effect; Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; - formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread; If you describe something as ominous, you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something unpleasant is going to happen. There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone + ominously omi·nous·ly The bar seemed ominously quiet Ominously, car sales slumped in August. making you feel that something bad is going to happen (ominosus, from omen)
ominously: in an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding
His nostrils flared ominously and his fists opened and closed at his sides.
ominously: {a} with good or bad omens, frightfully
To be ominous: abode
ominously: in an ominous or negative manner
ominously: {s} in a foreboding manner; in an ominous way
ominously: in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously"
ominously: in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously
ominousness: {i} that which is or foreshadows an evil omen; threatening; portentous
ominousness: The quality of being ominous