All 6 Uses
ominous
in
The Shining
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- She thought that to children adult motives and actions must seem as bulking and ominous as dangerous animals seen in the shadows of a dark forest.†
Chpt 1 *ominous = threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- The mechanical roaring sound, which he now recognized as the boiler at the Overlook which Daddy checked three or four times every day, had developed an ominous, rhythmic hitching.†
Chpt 3
- The ominous quiet between you.†
Chpt 3
- Ominous quiet, yes, that phrase was the real thing, anyway.†
Chpt 3
- After Bluebeard married her, they lived in a big and ominous castle that was not unlike the Overlook.†
Chpt 3
- Somehow the silence was worse, more ominous than the screams and the blows against the strong pantry door.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)