Definition of ominous in English:

ominous

adjective ˈɒmɪnəsˈɑmənəs

Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead
Example sentencesExamples
- There are no silver linings in these clouds, only ominous sounds of rumbling thunder.
- There was a flash of sudden pain before the blue sky turned an ominous dark black.
- Then my name was called and I made my way quickly up the steps and onto the ominous black stage.
- No more rain, a slight breeze now and again, but the sky remains dark and ominous.
- Outside, dark, ominous thunder clouds gathered as rain began to pelt down on top of her car.
- Western explorers construed the presence of wolves as an ominous portent.
- On this perspective, the week from hell was less a passing squall than an ominous darkening of the clouds.
- Silent gulls on the wing are ominous, somehow, and not a little threatening.
- A forest lies to the south, darker and more ominous, but just as green and full of life.
- The sun had begun to set, making the sky and clouds a strangely ominous pinkish hue.
- Not only are they threatened by the ominous arrival, they have no idea who he is, or what he shall look like.
- Next morning Ian wakes up to discover his leg has turned an ominous shade of black.
- The storm is just about to break, there's an ominous black cloud over Sheffield.
- The figure frightened her, an ominous thing of black with pointed ears and dark green skin.
- She looked away, to the dark and ominous wall hangings, feeling useless and sick.
- An ominous little black pig fills a corner in The Maids, a premonition of the murders to come.
- In recent times however, the label could be associated with an even more ominous threat.
- Her eyes became dark and ominous as she said this and the clouds began to gather in the once bright blue sky.
- His dark, ominous eyes bore testament to the fact that he was dangerous.
- The sun had long since risen, not that you could tell it from the ominous clouds outside.
Synonyms
threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy, inauspicious, unpropitious, portentous, unfavourable, dire, unpromising
black, dark, wintry, gloomy, ugly
archaic direful
rare minatory, minacious, sinistrous

Derivatives

ominousness

noun ˈɒmɪnəsnəsˈɑmənəsnəs

And the very fact that it is somewhat vague adds to its ominousness.
Example sentencesExamples
- To the Macedonians, the future is always portentous, ringing with the ominousness of the past.
- The description may make the work sound as if it is overloaded with imagery, but Spell is in fact surprisingly subtle, evoking an air of futility and ominousness.
- Not only does the music played by the theremin signal the ominousness of the Martian environment, for all intents and purposes, the sound of the theremin is the sound of the Martian atmosphere.
- He's there to deliver the dark news, the mournful tone, while in the background John Williams's haunting guitar solos inflect a general mood of ominousness.
- There is an ominousness on the horizon, though.
- Asleep in a dream world, where the grass is still green and there is a horizon of dreams to visit the cloth covering her, though, takes on ominousness of a shroud.
- Chinese Symbol for (of a gathered crowd) drink water from a winding canal with one wine cup floating on it so as to wash away ominousness.
- From the opening sequence, there's an uneasy sense of hovering and watching and waiting, a queasy ominousness that lasts throughout.
- Yet in addition to its austere poetry, the painting exerts an ominousness.
- The meanings shuffle across many levels, some streaking away beyond vision, leaving tantalising traces of ominousness.
- The seamless combination of dialogue, color palette, music and editing created a feeling of ominousness throughout the film keeping my stomach churning.
- But not good is distinctly not good; the ominousness rumbles through it.
- It encased him from foot to chin, and a long black cloak only increased his ominousness.
- But the ominousness is all in Emerson's overheated rhetoric.
- Through his use of uses darkness a sense of ominousness is heightened and audience complacency is refused.
- The film stays remarkably faithful to the authors vision, perfectly summoning up the brooding ominousness of small-town life in 18th-century France.
- The one large and seven small photos, framed with metal and wrapped or embedded with copper wire, communicated a feeling of ominousness.
- And because we're so familiar with Venice I just sort of love the ominousness that he creates with that film with the gargoyles and the boats going down the canals that are funeral boats.
- His is droning electronic pulses, tones, twitters - an ever-escalating loop of frozen machine-age ominousness.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin ominosus, from omen, omin- 'omen'.

abominable from Middle English:
People used to think that abominable came from Latin ab- ‘away from’ and homo ‘human being’, and so literally meant ‘inhuman or beastly’. Consequently, until the 17th century it was frequently spelt abhominable, a spelling found in Shakespeare. In fact, the word comes from Latin abominari, meaning ‘to regard something as a bad omen’, and is related to omen (late 16th century) and ominous (late 16th century). Abominable Snowman is another name for the Himalayan Yeti. The name was brought back by the Royal Geographical Society expedition mounted in 1921 to Mount Everest, which found mysterious footprints in the snow. Abominable Snowman is a translation of Tibetan Meetoh Gangmi, the name the Sherpa porters gave to the animal responsible for the tracks. Yeti is from Tibetan yeh-the ‘little man-like animal’.

Definition of ominous in US English:

ominous

adjectiveˈɑmənəsˈämənəs

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.
there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead
Example sentencesExamples
- In recent times however, the label could be associated with an even more ominous threat.
- No more rain, a slight breeze now and again, but the sky remains dark and ominous.
- Outside, dark, ominous thunder clouds gathered as rain began to pelt down on top of her car.
- A forest lies to the south, darker and more ominous, but just as green and full of life.
- Her eyes became dark and ominous as she said this and the clouds began to gather in the once bright blue sky.
- His dark, ominous eyes bore testament to the fact that he was dangerous.
- She looked away, to the dark and ominous wall hangings, feeling useless and sick.
- Next morning Ian wakes up to discover his leg has turned an ominous shade of black.
- Not only are they threatened by the ominous arrival, they have no idea who he is, or what he shall look like.
- On this perspective, the week from hell was less a passing squall than an ominous darkening of the clouds.
- Then my name was called and I made my way quickly up the steps and onto the ominous black stage.
- There was a flash of sudden pain before the blue sky turned an ominous dark black.
- There are no silver linings in these clouds, only ominous sounds of rumbling thunder.
- The sun had begun to set, making the sky and clouds a strangely ominous pinkish hue.
- The storm is just about to break, there's an ominous black cloud over Sheffield.
- The sun had long since risen, not that you could tell it from the ominous clouds outside.
- An ominous little black pig fills a corner in The Maids, a premonition of the murders to come.
- The figure frightened her, an ominous thing of black with pointed ears and dark green skin.
- Silent gulls on the wing are ominous, somehow, and not a little threatening.
- Western explorers construed the presence of wolves as an ominous portent.
Synonyms
threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy, inauspicious, unpropitious, portentous, unfavourable, dire, unpromising

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin ominosus, from omen, omin- ‘omen’.

单词	ominous
释义	Definition of ominous in English: ominous adjective ˈɒmɪnəsˈɑmənəs Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious. there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead Example sentencesExamples There are no silver linings in these clouds, only ominous sounds of rumbling thunder. There was a flash of sudden pain before the blue sky turned an ominous dark black. Then my name was called and I made my way quickly up the steps and onto the ominous black stage. No more rain, a slight breeze now and again, but the sky remains dark and ominous. Outside, dark, ominous thunder clouds gathered as rain began to pelt down on top of her car. Western explorers construed the presence of wolves as an ominous portent. On this perspective, the week from hell was less a passing squall than an ominous darkening of the clouds. Silent gulls on the wing are ominous, somehow, and not a little threatening. A forest lies to the south, darker and more ominous, but just as green and full of life. The sun had begun to set, making the sky and clouds a strangely ominous pinkish hue. Not only are they threatened by the ominous arrival, they have no idea who he is, or what he shall look like. Next morning Ian wakes up to discover his leg has turned an ominous shade of black. The storm is just about to break, there's an ominous black cloud over Sheffield. The figure frightened her, an ominous thing of black with pointed ears and dark green skin. She looked away, to the dark and ominous wall hangings, feeling useless and sick. An ominous little black pig fills a corner in The Maids, a premonition of the murders to come. In recent times however, the label could be associated with an even more ominous threat. Her eyes became dark and ominous as she said this and the clouds began to gather in the once bright blue sky. His dark, ominous eyes bore testament to the fact that he was dangerous. The sun had long since risen, not that you could tell it from the ominous clouds outside. Synonyms threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy, inauspicious, unpropitious, portentous, unfavourable, dire, unpromising black, dark, wintry, gloomy, ugly archaic direful rare minatory, minacious, sinistrous Derivatives ominousness noun ˈɒmɪnəsnəsˈɑmənəsnəs And the very fact that it is somewhat vague adds to its ominousness. Example sentencesExamples To the Macedonians, the future is always portentous, ringing with the ominousness of the past. The description may make the work sound as if it is overloaded with imagery, but Spell is in fact surprisingly subtle, evoking an air of futility and ominousness. Not only does the music played by the theremin signal the ominousness of the Martian environment, for all intents and purposes, the sound of the theremin is the sound of the Martian atmosphere. He's there to deliver the dark news, the mournful tone, while in the background John Williams's haunting guitar solos inflect a general mood of ominousness. There is an ominousness on the horizon, though. Asleep in a dream world, where the grass is still green and there is a horizon of dreams to visit the cloth covering her, though, takes on ominousness of a shroud. Chinese Symbol for (of a gathered crowd) drink water from a winding canal with one wine cup floating on it so as to wash away ominousness. From the opening sequence, there's an uneasy sense of hovering and watching and waiting, a queasy ominousness that lasts throughout. Yet in addition to its austere poetry, the painting exerts an ominousness. The meanings shuffle across many levels, some streaking away beyond vision, leaving tantalising traces of ominousness. The seamless combination of dialogue, color palette, music and editing created a feeling of ominousness throughout the film keeping my stomach churning. But not good is distinctly not good; the ominousness rumbles through it. It encased him from foot to chin, and a long black cloak only increased his ominousness. But the ominousness is all in Emerson's overheated rhetoric. Through his use of uses darkness a sense of ominousness is heightened and audience complacency is refused. The film stays remarkably faithful to the authors vision, perfectly summoning up the brooding ominousness of small-town life in 18th-century France. The one large and seven small photos, framed with metal and wrapped or embedded with copper wire, communicated a feeling of ominousness. And because we're so familiar with Venice I just sort of love the ominousness that he creates with that film with the gargoyles and the boats going down the canals that are funeral boats. His is droning electronic pulses, tones, twitters - an ever-escalating loop of frozen machine-age ominousness. Origin Late 16th century: from Latin ominosus, from omen, omin- 'omen'. abominable from Middle English: People used to think that abominable came from Latin ab- ‘away from’ and homo ‘human being’, and so literally meant ‘inhuman or beastly’. Consequently, until the 17th century it was frequently spelt abhominable, a spelling found in Shakespeare. In fact, the word comes from Latin abominari, meaning ‘to regard something as a bad omen’, and is related to omen (late 16th century) and ominous (late 16th century). Abominable Snowman is another name for the Himalayan Yeti. The name was brought back by the Royal Geographical Society expedition mounted in 1921 to Mount Everest, which found mysterious footprints in the snow. Abominable Snowman is a translation of Tibetan Meetoh Gangmi, the name the Sherpa porters gave to the animal responsible for the tracks. Yeti is from Tibetan yeh-the ‘little man-like animal’. Definition of ominous in US English: ominous adjectiveˈɑmənəsˈämənəs Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious. there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead Example sentencesExamples In recent times however, the label could be associated with an even more ominous threat. No more rain, a slight breeze now and again, but the sky remains dark and ominous. Outside, dark, ominous thunder clouds gathered as rain began to pelt down on top of her car. A forest lies to the south, darker and more ominous, but just as green and full of life. Her eyes became dark and ominous as she said this and the clouds began to gather in the once bright blue sky. His dark, ominous eyes bore testament to the fact that he was dangerous. She looked away, to the dark and ominous wall hangings, feeling useless and sick. Next morning Ian wakes up to discover his leg has turned an ominous shade of black. Not only are they threatened by the ominous arrival, they have no idea who he is, or what he shall look like. On this perspective, the week from hell was less a passing squall than an ominous darkening of the clouds. Then my name was called and I made my way quickly up the steps and onto the ominous black stage. There was a flash of sudden pain before the blue sky turned an ominous dark black. There are no silver linings in these clouds, only ominous sounds of rumbling thunder. The sun had begun to set, making the sky and clouds a strangely ominous pinkish hue. The storm is just about to break, there's an ominous black cloud over Sheffield. The sun had long since risen, not that you could tell it from the ominous clouds outside. An ominous little black pig fills a corner in The Maids, a premonition of the murders to come. The figure frightened her, an ominous thing of black with pointed ears and dark green skin. Silent gulls on the wing are ominous, somehow, and not a little threatening. Western explorers construed the presence of wolves as an ominous portent. Synonyms threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy, inauspicious, unpropitious, portentous, unfavourable, dire, unpromising Origin Late 16th century: from Latin ominosus, from omen, omin- ‘omen’.
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