Both Uses of
ominous
in
The Idiot
- In the words "as usual," and again in her added, "mine, at all events," there seemed an ominous knell of some evil to come.†
Chpt 4.8 *ominous = threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- An ominous expression passed over Nastasia Philipovna's face, of a sudden.†
Chpt 4.8