OMINOUS

• (adj.) presaging ill fortune

  "ill omens", "ill predictions", "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven", "a dead and ominous silence prevailed", "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

  synonyms : ill , inauspicious

  They did not take his ominous threats seriously. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : baleful , forbidding , menacing , minacious , minatory , sinister , threatening

  with the arrival of her maternal uncle, it became a baleful party. -added by diviya_inlas

  
  -tagged by editor1
  menacing giant face

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