Ominous Synonyms

21 ominous synonyms include threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy, inauspicious, unpropitious, portentous, and unfavourable. Ominous is an adjective, and its antonyms are promising, auspicious, and propitious. Here are some additional synonyms for "ominous" with example sentences.

Another word for Ominous

21 other ways to say ominous.

  • wintry  
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  • unpropitious  
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  • unpromising  
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  • unfavourable  
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  • ugly
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  • threatening  
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  • sinistrous  
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  • sinister
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  • portentous  
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  • minatory  
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  • minacious  
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  • menacing  
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  • inauspicious  
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  • gloomy
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  • forbidding  
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  • doomy  
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  • direful  
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  • dire
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  • dark
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  • black
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  • baleful  
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Use ominous in a Sentence

He had an ominous feeling about it.

The sky looked ominous before the storm.