Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Ominous
ominous, adj. [L. ominosus, portentous; see omen, n.]
Sinister; foreboding; presaging evil; signaling a future evil; in the nature of an omen.
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ominous, adj. [L. ominosus, portentous; see omen, n.]
Sinister; foreboding; presaging evil; signaling a future evil; in the nature of an omen.
Return to page 8 of the letter “o”.