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1. ominous
adjective. ['ˈɑːmənəs'] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
Antonyms
Etymology
- ominosus (Latin)
Rhymes with Ominous
- androgynous
- asynchronous
- bituminous
- cavernous
- chitinous
- exogenous
- gainous
- gelatinous
- gluttonous
- heinous
- homogenous
- indigenous
- intravenous
- larcenous
- luminous
- membranous
- monotonous
- mountainous
- mutinous
- nitrogenous
How do you pronounce ominous?
Pronounce ominous as ˈɑmənəs.
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Sentences with ominous
1. Adjective
Flickering lights can indicate electrical problems ranging in severity from annoying to ominous.
Quotes about ominous
1. To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship.
- Robert Harris
