Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Ominous

• (a.) 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.

Synonyms of Ominous

• Baleful
• Forbidding
• Menacing
• Minacious
• Minatory
• Sinister
• Threatening
• Ill
• Inauspicious

Antonyms of Ominous

Homophones of Ominous