Engelsk tillægsord: ominous | |||
1. | ominous threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | alarming | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | unalarming | ||
2. | ominous presaging ill fortune | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Ill omens. Ill predictions. My words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven. A dead and ominous silence prevailed. A by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | ill, inauspicious | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | unpropitious | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | propitious | ||