Entry Word: ominous

Function: adjective

Meaning: being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come <that comment about downsizing from the company president sounded ominous>

Synonyms baleful, dire, foreboding, inauspicious, menacing, portentous, sinister, threatening

Related Words black, dark, gloomy; unfavorable, unpromising; ill-fated, ill-starred, star-crossed, unfortunate, unlucky; evil, malign, malignant

Near Antonyms auspicious, benign, favorable, promising, propitious