All 5 Uses of
ominous
in
The Killer Angels
- A large man, larger than Lee, full-bearded, blue-eyed, ominous, slow-talking, crude.†
Chpt Frwd.
- Never cared much for appearance, gave an impression of ominous bad-tempered strength and a kind of slow, even stubborn, unquenchable anger: a soft voice, a ragged mouth.†
Chpt 1.4
- Ominous: angry.†
Chpt 1.4
- "General, I understood General Lee to say that the enemy would be up on the ridge back there..."
Longstreet said, "That's correct."
McLaws hummed, scratched his face.
"Well?" Longstreet said ominously.
"Well, the enemy's right in front of me..."
Chpt 2.3 *ominously = suggesting/expecting bad things
- But the old man came in a cluster of men, outlined under that dark and ominous sky, the lightning blazing beyond his head.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)