Associations to the word «Ominous»

Wiktionary

OMINOUS, adjective. Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
OMINOUS, adjective. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.

Dictionary definition

OMINOUS, adjective. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly".
OMINOUS, adjective. Presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government".

Wise words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Buddha