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ominous
Part of speech: AdjectiveForeboding or foreshowing evil.
Part of speech: AdverbOminously.
Part of speech: Noun Usage examples "ominous":- He leaned forward with excitement in his face, for the tone and the air of the lumberman were ominous. - "King Spruce, A Novel", Holman Day.
- The silence seemed ominous. - "The Secret Witness", George Gibbs.
- Such was the ominous commencement of the expedition to Peru. - "History-of-the-Conquest-of-Peru-with-a-preliminary-view-of-the-civilization-of-the-Incas", Prescott, William Hickling.