Thesaurus
ominous
Synonyms and Antonyms of ominous
- That comment about downsizing from the company president sounded ominous.
black, bleak, cheerless, chill, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dim, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, sepulchral, somber (or sombre), sullen, wretched
discouraging, disheartening, hopeless, unfavorable, unpromising, unpropitious
ill-fated, ill-starred, star-crossed, troubled, unfortunate, unlucky
Synonym Discussion of ominous
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- ominous rumblings from the volcano
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- an eerie and portentous stillness
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- the fateful conference that led to war
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