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Definition
threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- For it was in ominous tones that she said, after a long pause: "Dearest Lucy, how will you ever forgive me?"Chapter 7 (75% in)
- The question was ominous; up till now Mrs. Honeychurch had behaved with charity and restraint.Chapter 13 (15% in)
- Those were muddles—little, but ominous—and I am fearing that you are in one now.Chapter 19 (77% in)
There are no more uses of "ominous" in A Room With A View.
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