OMINOUS


Meaning of OMINOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒmɪnəs ]

If you describe something as ominous , you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something unpleasant is going to happen.

There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone...

ADJ

• omi‧nous‧ly

The bar seemed ominously quiet...

Ominously, car sales slumped in August...

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with cl , ADV with v

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