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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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