ominous

inquiétant, menaçant

Qui fait craindre que quelque chose de mauvais va arriver.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : threatening, menacing, foreboding

Contraires : reassuring

Expressions courantes : ominous silence, ominous clouds, ominous sign, ominous warning

prophétique, prémonitoire

Qui est interprété comme le signe d’un événement à venir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : ominous of something (The priest described the comet as ominous of great change.)

Synonymes : portentous

Expressions courantes : ominous sign, ominous event, ominous dream