ominous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  2. adjective presaging ill fortune; ; ; - P.B.Shelley

Etymology

From Latin ōminōsus (“full of foreboding”), from ōmen (“forbidden fruit, omen”), from Old Latin osmen, of uncertain origin, with many origins proposed (see ōmen).

In classic literature

Synonyms

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening

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