ominous

amenazador, inquietante

Que hace pensar que va a ocurrir algo malo.

En inglés sencillo: Making you think that something bad is going to happen.

• There was an ominous silence.
• Dark clouds gave the sky an ominous look.
• We heard an ominous crack above us.

Sinónimos: threatening, menacing, foreboding

Antónimos: reassuring

Expresiones frecuentes: ominous silence, ominous clouds, ominous sign, ominous warning

profético, premonitorio

Que se interpreta como señal de algo que ocurrirá en el futuro.

En inglés sencillo: Having a meaning as a sign of something that will happen in the future.

• The priests considered the eclipse ominous.
• Her dream was thought ominous of a royal birth.
• The ancient account describes the birds’ flight as ominous.

Cómo se usa: ominous of something (The priest described the comet as ominous of great change.)

Sinónimos: portentous

Expresiones frecuentes: ominous sign, ominous event, ominous dream