ominous

Meaning

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

Synonyms

sinister

threatening

inauspicious

ill-omened

unlucky

baleful

menacing

ghastly

foreboding

weird

minacious

minatory

dreadful

portentous

forbidding

eerie

awful

frightening

ill omen

horrifying

ill

🤢

ill-boding

terrifying

horrible

terrible

lowering

uncanny

unfavorable

unholy

frightful

strange

sullen

tough

treacherous

tricky

ugly

wolfish

dark cloud

sinistrous

likely to grow worse

evillooking

presageful

badly marked evil looks

evil-looking

evileyed

having evil mark

lacking good qualities

unseemly manner

abominable

presagious

Translations

ominoso

menaçant

infausto

☹️

sinistre

ominoso

ominós

uğursuz

sinistro

δυσοίωνος

agourento

unheilvoll

ameaçador

de mauvais augure

onheilspellend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒmɪnəs/

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).