Ominous word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "ominous" word

[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"
[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"

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\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 foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. --Bacon. In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. --South. -- {Om"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Om"i*nous*ness}, n.

Synonyms for ominous

alarming, baleful, forbidding, ill, inauspicious, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening, ugly, unpropitious

Related terms: admonitory, baleful, black, bludgeoning, blustering, bodeful, bulldozing, dreary, fateful, lowering, malignant, minacious, noxious, portentous, star-crossed, threatening, unblessed, unprosperous, unprovidential, vaticinal, vicious, warning

The fun area, different aproach to word »ominous«

Let's analyse "ominous" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 57.1% of vowels is 18.5% more then average English word. Written in backwards: SUONIMO. Average typing speed for these characters is 1840 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: ominous: 6 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 24, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: ominous: 6 + 4 + 9 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 34, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (2)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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