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# ominous

adjective (more ominous, most ominous)

«ominous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Ominous means showing that something bad is about to happen; it is a warning sign. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ominous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories an ominous sign, sound or silence warns that trouble is coming

### Examples

- The dark clouds looked ominous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ominous/#x1)
- An ominous silence fell over the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ominous/#x2)
- He ignored the ominous warning and went on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ominous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ominous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ominous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ominous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ominous.html) on Mova free.