Thesaurus / ominous
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She sings in a throaty, nightclub whisper and makes videos full of ominous imagery.
BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD'S A LITTLE BLURRY IS A MOSTLY FASCINATING PORTRAIT OF AN APOCALYPTIC TEEN POP STARJUDY BERMANFEBRUARY 26, 2021TIME
Also, some ominous comments on what armies spend and what Governments scrimp:—that is ammunition.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
They were followed by a little dried-up Italian army surgeon, who carried under his arm an ominous-looking black case.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Tony was gay, light-hearted as usual, belying Mrs. Haughstone's ominous prediction.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
The glowing heavens, luminous athwart the clouds of fine, suspended sand, laid this ominous hint of dream upon the entire day.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Only the western heavens, where the sun sank in a red mass of ominous splendour, was alive with energy.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Pincher, who followed close at her heels, gave an ominous growl, and burst off into a fresh paroxysm of barking.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIE
We recollect being greatly struck with the ominous calmness perceptible in the tone of this speech.
What they did not notice was that the sun had disappeared behind an ominous bank of clouds and the wind was rising threateningly.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPE
There seemed to be something so ominous in his words that a feeling like fear possessed Dick's heart.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKING
WORDS RELATED TO OMINOUS
- austere
- barbarous
- bleak
- cantankerous
- churlish
- crabbed
- cruel
- crusty
- dogged
- ferocious
- fierce
- forbidding
- foreboding
- formidable
- frightful
- funereal
- ghastly
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- grisly
- grouchy
- gruesome
- grumpy
- harsh
- hideous
- horrid
- implacable
- inexorable
- intractable
- merciless
- morose
- ominous
- relentless
- resolute
- ruthless
- scowling
- severe
- shocking
- sinister
- somber
- sour
- splenetic
- stern
- stubborn
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- terrible
- truculent
- unrelenting
- unyielding
- austere
- barbarous
- bleak
- cantankerous
- churlish
- crabbed
- cruel
- crusty
- dogged
- ferocious
- fierce
- forbidding
- foreboding
- formidable
- frightful
- funereal
- ghastly
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- grisly
- grouchy
- gruesome
- grumpy
- harsh
- hideous
- horrid
- implacable
- inexorable
- intractable
- merciless
- morose
- ominous
- relentless
- resolute
- ruthless
- scowling
- severe
- shocking
- sinister
- somber
- sour
- splenetic
- stern
- stubborn
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- terrible
- truculent
- unrelenting
- unyielding
- austere
- barbarous
- bleak
- cantankerous
- churlish
- crabbed
- cruel
- crusty
- dogged
- ferocious
- fierce
- forbidding
- foreboding
- formidable
- frightful
- funereal
- ghastly
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- grisly
- grouchy
- gruesome
- grumpy
- harsh
- hideous
- horrid
- implacable
- inexorable
- intractable
- merciless
- morose
- ominous
- relentless
- resolute
- ruthless
- scowling
- severe
- shocking
- sinister
- somber
- sour
- splenetic
- stern
- stubborn
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- terrible
- truculent
- unrelenting
- unyielding
- acrimonious
- adverse
- antagonistic
- cantankerous
- cross
- damaging
- deleterious
- detrimental
- disrespectful
- disturbing
- foreboding
- foul
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hostile
- hurtful
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- inauspicious
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- nocent
- nocuous
- noxious
- ominous
- ruinous
- sinister
- sullen
- surly
- threatening
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unwholesome
- vile
- wicked
- wrong
- apocalyptic
- augural
- auspicious
- characteristic
- connotative
- demonstrative
- denotative
- denotive
- designative
- diagnostic
- emblematic
- evidential
- evincive
- expressive
- inauspicious
- indicatory
- indicial
- ominous
- pointing to
- prognostic
- significant
- significatory
- suggestive
- symbolic
- symptomatic
- testatory
- testimonial
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