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Definitions

ominous

[om-uh-nuhs] / ˈɒm ə nəs /
ADJECTIVE
menacing, foreboding
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apocalyptic dangerous dark dire dismal gloomy grim haunting perilous portentous prophetic sinister threatening
WEAK
augural baleful baneful clouded direful doomed doomful fateful fearful forbidding hostile ill-boding ill-fated impending inauspicious inhospitable lowering malefic malificent malign minatory precursive premonitory presaging prescient suggestive unfriendly unlucky unpromising unpropitious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bright cheerful encouraging good happy hopeful joyful light nice pleasant safe secure sunny
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auspicious lucky promising propitious

Example Sentences

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The parallels with the 1970s are ominous: Inflation surges and then retreats but gets stuck a bit too high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But if you thirst for a sober-minded investigation into this ominous tool — one with an approach that treats you like the intelligent being you are — you’ll have to wait for AI doc 2.0.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Would he even want to walk into such an ominous situation?

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

More ominous is the movement in the bond market’s expectations of where inflation is headed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Hamilton shared his ominous sense of the situation with John Jay, his part-time collaborator as “Publius” in The Federalist Papers.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis