All 4 Uses of
ominous
in
Leaves of Grass
- A shock electric, the night sustain'd it, Till with ominous hum our hive at daybreak pour'd out its myriads.†
Chpt 21 *
- Fast as she can she hurries, something ominous, her steps trembling, She does not tarry to smooth her hair nor adjust her cap.†
Chpt 21
- Currents for starting a continent new, Overtures sent to the solid out of the liquid, Fusion of ocean and land, tender and pensive waves, (Not safe and peaceful only, waves rous'd and ominous too, Out of the depths the storm's abysmic waves, who knows whence?†
Chpt 24
- I feel thy ominous greatness evil as well as good, I watch thee advancing, absorbing the present, transcending the past, I see thy light lighting, and thy shadow shadowing, as if the entire globe, But I do not undertake to define thee, hardly to comprehend thee, I but thee name, thee prophesy, as now, I merely thee ejaculate!†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)