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ominous
adjective
Presaging ill fortune
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ˈɒmɪnəs
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adjective
Presaging ill fortune
“Ill omens”
adjective
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
“A baleful look”
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Ill omens
Ill predictions
{'source': 'P.B.Shelley', 'text': 'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'}
A dead and ominous silence prevailed
A by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
A baleful look
Forbidding thunderclouds
His tone became menacing
Ominous rumblings of discontent
Sinister storm clouds
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