Both Uses of
ominous
in
The Raven
- " But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore."†
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- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore†
Definition:
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(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)