adj. Function: adjective
indicative of future misfortune or calamity FF1C; dark ominous clouds preceded the storm FF1E;
Synonyms: apocalyptic, baleful, baneful, dire, direful, doomful, fateful, ill-boding, ill-omened, inauspicious, threatening, unlucky, unpropitious; compare EVIL 5 , SINISTER
Related Words: portentous; malefic, maleficent, malign, sinister; comminatory, forbidding, grim, lowering, menacing; hostile, inhospitable, unfriendly
Contrasted Words: auspicious, benign, favorable, promising, propitious; beneficial