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ominous

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. He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. (bacon) In the heathen worship of god, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. (south) Ominously, Ominousness.

Origin: L. Ominosus, fr. Omen. See Omen.


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... us along with our growing total human cultural heritage. The process has gradually accelerated, but not enough, I fear, to deal with the present ominous state of things . . . charles

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... out that the only senator who has dared to publicly question even parts of the official story, Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.), has received threats ominous enough to compel him to shut down his Washington office until after the coming election. In his interview with yuba.net, Berg continues: Some ...

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