ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsOominous
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ominous
Meaning: suggesting something bad will happen
ominous in a sentence
How ominous is used in real sentences:
Ominous clouds gathered over the harbor.
Ominous clouds gathered over the harbor.
“Years later, ominous red marks appeared on workers' doors as the mill prepared to close its housing.”
— from the passage Writing at the Edges
Synonyms for ominous
Other words for ominous — threatening, foreboding and sinister — carry the same meaning.
- threatening
- foreboding
- sinister
Antonyms of ominous
Words that mean the opposite of ominous:
- promising
- auspicious
Where it comes from
From Latin omen 'omen'
Memory hook
OMINOUS — bad OMEN-ous sign.