OMINOUS Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word ominous. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for OMINOUS
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threatening | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments • darkened by clouds | ||||||||
portentous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of momentous or ominous significance • ominously prophetic • puffed up with vanity | ||||||||
sinister | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • on or starting from the wearer's left | ||||||||
baleful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deadly or sinister • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||||||||
forbidding | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • an official prohibition or edict against something adjective satellite • harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||||||||
menacing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||||||||
dark | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black • (used of color) having a dark hue noun • absence of light or illumination • absence of moral or spiritual values • an unilluminated area • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside • an unenlightened state adjective satellite • brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • secret • showing a brooding ill humor • lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture • marked by difficulty of style or expression • causing dejection • not giving performances; closed | ||||||||
eerie | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious • inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening | ||||||||
evil | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • morally bad or wrong noun • morally objectionable behavior • the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice adjective satellite • having the nature of vice • having or exerting a malignant influence | ||||||||
foreboding | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a feeling of evil to come • an unfavorable omen adjective satellite • ominously prophetic | ||||||||
gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||||
malevolent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred • having or exerting a malignant influence | ||||||||
unfriendly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not easy to understand or use • not disposed to friendship or friendliness adjective satellite • not friendly • very unfavorable to life or growth | ||||||||
inauspicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not auspicious; boding ill adjective satellite • contrary to your interests or welfare • presaging ill fortune | ||||||||
ill | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function noun • an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining adverb • (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well • unfavorably or with disapproval • with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly adjective satellite • resulting in suffering or adversity • distressing • indicating hostility or enmity • presaging ill fortune | ||||||||
minacious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||||||||
minatory | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |