Synonyms:
baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
An ominous lull and silence
That was always an ominous act.
An ominous light came to her eyes.
The audience felt that a startling revelation was to follow this ominous prelude.
The response of the United States to the ominous German order was swift and direct.
Long before his adolescence, his lack of domesticity was ominous, and he had formed bad companionships.
Hardly had he spoken than there sounded the ominous rumble and shaking that presaged another earthquake.
The cloud that had seemed but a cloud when she went in, was now fast descending in big ominous sprinkles that told of a heavy shower to follow.
The place has a French name and its menus are printed on a card the size of a life insurance company's complimentary calendar, always an ominous sign.
But instead of the smile and gracious acquiescence I had expected, there was another straightening back in the chair, and a silence that was ominous and chilling.