All 4 Uses
ominous
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- Well, given some other preconditions, you might call this ominous.†
Chpt 5. *ominous = threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- The primary high-pressure reactor coolant pump was beginning to vibrate ominously.†
Chpt 8.
- The chiefs had regarded that as particularly ominous.†
Chpt 10.ominous = threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- Nothing nearly so powerful as the missile warheads she had once carried, but a lot more ominous, the crew agreed.†
Chpt 10.
Definitions:
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(1)
(ominous) threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)