adj. Function: adjective
seriously threatening disaster FF1C; a sinister plot FF1E;
Synonyms: baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign; compare OMINOUS
Related Words: fateful, ill-omened, inauspicious, ominous, portentous, unpropitious; apocalyptic, dire, doomful, ill-boding, threatening; lowering, menacing; evil, malicious
Contrasted Words: harmless, innocent, innocuous