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Definition
threatening (suggestive of, or foreshadowing bad things to come)
- By this gloomy route, he was leading them to what he had called their "final testing place," which struck Reynie as having a particularly ominous sound.p. 48.9
- The back door gave an ominous thump, then another, followed by the sound of angry curses.p. 282.5
There are no more uses of "ominous" in The Mysterious Benedict Society.
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