Category:Ominous

Om"i*nous, a. Etym: [l. ominosus, fr. omen. See omen.]

Defn: of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an Omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable And unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or Foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. In the heathen worship of god, a sacrifice without a heart was Accounted ominous. South. -- om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- om"i*nous*ness, n.