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Ominous — Om i*nous, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See {Omen}.] Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ominous — ominous, portentous, fateful, inauspicious, unpropitious basically mean having a menacing or threatening character or quality. What is ominous has or seems to have the character of an omen, especially of an omen forecasting evil; the term… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ominous — [äm′ə nəs] adj. [L ominosus] of or serving as an omen; esp., having the character of an evil omen; threatening; sinister ominously adv. ominousness n. SYN. OMINOUS implies a threatening character but does not necessarily connote a disastrous… … English World dictionary
ominous — (adj.) 1580s, from L. ominosus full of foreboding, from omen (gen. ominis) foreboding (see OMEN (Cf. omen)). Related: Ominousness … Etymology dictionary
Ominous from the Cosmic Inferno — Studio album by Acid Mothers Temple The Cosmic Inferno Released … Wikipedia
ominous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen. DERIVATIVES ominously adverb ominousness noun. ORIGIN Latin ominosus, from omen omen … English terms dictionary
Omen (ancient Rome) — In the religions of ancient Rome, an omen, plural omina, was a sign intimating the future, considered less important to the community than a prodigium but of great importance to the person who heard or saw it.[1] Omens could be good or bad.… … Wikipedia
ominous — ominously, adv. ominousness, n. /om euh neuhs/, adj. 1. portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds. 2. having the significance of an omen. [1580 90; < L ominosus portentous, equiv. to omin (s.… … Universalium
ominous — om•i•nous [[t]ˈɒm ə nəs[/t]] adj. 1) portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious 2) having the significance of an omen • Etymology: 1580–90; < L ōminōsus portentous, der. of ōmin omen om′i•nous•ly, adv. om′i•nous•ness, n.… … From formal English to slang
Omen — For other uses, see Omen (disambiguation). Examples of omens from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493): natural phenomena and unnatural births. An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often… … Wikipedia
omen — [16] Omen was a direct borrowing from Latin ōmen, whose derivative ōminōsus also gave English ominous [16]. From the same source comes abominable. => ABOMINABLE, OMINOUS … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins