Ominous
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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ILL
Presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

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EVIL
Morally objectionable behavior

UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

DIRE
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

DOUR
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

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BLACK
(board games) the darker pieces

GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

SCARY
Provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

WEIRD
Strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

TOUGH
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

TOUGH
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

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CREEPY
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"

MALIGN
Evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"

ODIOUS
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

GLOOMY
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

BODING
A feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

DISMAL
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

DEADLY
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

DEADLY
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

DOOMED
People who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"

SPOOKY
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

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CLOUDED
Mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"

UNLUCKY
Marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott

BALEFUL
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

FATEFUL
Ominously prophetic

LOURING

DOOMFUL

AUGURAL

MALEFIC
Having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

MALEFIC
Having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

BANEFUL
Exceedingly harmful

LOOMING

BIZZARE

HURTFUL
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

FEARFUL
Timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"

PENDING
Awaiting conclusion or confirmation; "business still pending"

VERYBAD

CRUCIAL
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

CRUCIAL
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

HOSTILE
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"

DIREFUL
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

WARNING
Notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

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IMMINENT
Close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

IMMINENT
Close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

UNTIMELY
Badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

REPLLENT

ILLFATED

TERRIBLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

HORRIBLE
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

SHOCKING
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"

LOWERING
The act of causing something to move to a lower level

LOWERING
The act of causing something to move to a lower level

SINISTER

HOPELESS
Certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

PERILOUS
Fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

ALARMING
Frightening because of an awareness of danger

SINISTER
On or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"

MENACING
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

MINATORY
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

HAUNTING
Continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy

UNTOWARD
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

IMPOSING
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

DAUNTING
Discouraging through fear

ORACULAR
Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"

ORACULAR
Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"

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FRIGHTFUL
Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

TENEBROUS
Dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"

PROPHETIC
Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

PROPHETIC
Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

DANGEROUS
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

PRESAGING

MINACIOUS
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

ILLOMENED

ILLBODING

PRESCIENT
Perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere

OFFENSIVE
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

OFFENSIVE
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

MONSTROUS
Abnormally large

ABHORRENT
Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

REPULSIVE
Possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force"

INJURIOUS
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

IMPENDING
Close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

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UNFRIENDLY
Not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly"

IMPRESSIVE
Producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"

IMPRESSIVE
Producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"

INDICATIVE
A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

UNPLEASANT
Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

UNPLEASANT
Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

OFFPUTTING

MALEFICENT
Harmful or evil in intent or effect

PRECURSIVE

FOREBODING
An unfavorable omen

FORBIDDING
An official prohibition or edict against something

PORTENTOUS
Ominously prophetic

SUGGESTIVE
(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"

CAUTIONARY
Warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze