All 3 Uses of
ominous
in
The Hobbit
- Great floods and rains had swollen the waters that flowed east; and there had been an earthquake or two (which some were inclined to attribute to the dragon-alluding to him chiefly with a curse and an ominous nod in the direction of the Mountain).†
Chpt 10
- Nothing moved in the waste, save the vapour and the water, and every now and again a black and ominous crow.†
Chpt 11
- ...they looked seldom at it, for it was ominous and dreary even in the light of morning.
Chpt 14 *ominous = suggestive of evil or something bad
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)