ominous

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more ominous

Superlative

most ominous

1.
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
Đồng nghĩa: momentous, omenic, portentous, big, central, consequential, critical, crucial, epochful, essential, extraordinary, fateful, fatefraught, fatesome, heavy, pivotal, high on the totem pole, historic, innegligible, key, life-or-death, meaningful, necessary, noted, noticeable, observable, outstanding, paramount, pertinent, relevant, remarkable, salient, significant, unignorable, valuable, vital, weighty
2.
Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
Đồng nghĩa: threatening, portentous, inauspicious

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

momentousomenicportentous big central consequential critical crucialepochfulessential extraordinary fatefulfatefraughtfatesomeheavy pivotalhigh on the totem polehistoricinnegligiblekey

Cùng gốc / liên quan

ominosityunominous ominously ominousness omenabomination

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Latin ōminōsus (full of foreboding), from ōmen (forbidden fruit, omen), from osmen, of uncertain origin, with many origins proposed (see ōmen).