ominous

Etymology
From, from , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
 * 2) Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
 * 3) * California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
 * 1) * California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
 * 1) * California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011

Usage notes

 * Formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshadowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.

Collocations

 * ominous sign
 * ominous silence
 * ominous warning
 * ominous cloud
 * ominous note
 * ominous sound
 * ominous shadow
 * ominous threat
 * ominous music
 * ominous tone
 * ominous implication
 * ominous message
 * ominous presence
 * ominous development
 * ominous voice
 * ominous portent
 * ominous turn
 * ominous sky
 * ominous figure
 * ominous dream
 * ominous event
 * ominous trend
 * ominous change
 * ominous day
 * ominous beginning
 * ominous growl
 * ominous cry
 * ominous signal
 * ominous pattern

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: varslende
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ავბედი
 * German:, ahnungsvoll, schicksalsschwer, unheilschwanger
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: злокобен, зловестен
 * Maori: tamaki
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: అరిష్ట సూచకమైన
 * Ukrainian: прові́сницький, проро́чий


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: zlověstný
 * Danish: ildevarslende, uheldsvanger
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: kurjakuulutav, pahaendeline
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: de mauvais augure,, ,
 * Georgian: ავბედი
 * German: unheilsschwanger, verhängnisvoll,, unheilbringend
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀπαίσιος
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: malaugurante, ,
 * Latin: dīrus
 * Macedonian: злокобен, зловестен
 * Maori: tamaki
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, de rău augur
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: అశుభసూచకమైన
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: злові́щий


 * Indonesian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Latin: