All 12 Uses of
ominous
in
White Fang
- The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light.†
Part 1
- "I don't know, I don't know," Bill muttered ominously.†
Part 1
- As he did so, a draught of air fanned him, and a large, winged body swept ominously and silently past.†
Part 2
- They did not move, but sat there, silent and ominous.†
Part 3
- They loomed ominously above him; and when the breeze stirred them into huge movements, he cowered down in fear, keeping his eyes warily upon them, and prepared to spring away if they attempted to precipitate themselves upon him.†
Part 3
- That nothing moved nor sounded, seemed ominous.†
Part 3
- When they came near with their ominous hands, he got up.†
Part 3
- He bristled fiercely and looked ominously across the shin-bone at White Fang.†
Part 3
- Had he contented himself with looking fierce and ominous, all would have been well.
Part 3 *ominous = threatening
- Not by reasoning, not by the five senses alone, but by other and remoter and uncharted senses, came the feeling to White Fang that the man was ominous with evil, pregnant with hurtfulness, and therefore a thing bad, and wisely to be hated.†
Part 4
- He paused beside Scott and touched him on the shoulder, saying ominously: "Don't break them teeth, stranger."†
Part 4
- "I said don't break them teeth," the faro-dealer repeated more ominously than before.†
Part 4
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)