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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ominous/ˈɒmɪnəs/

▶adjective giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen.

– derivatives
ominously adverb,
ominousness noun.

– origin C16: from L. ominosus, from omen, omin- ‘omen’.

'ominous' also found in these Oxford entries:

fatal - foreboding - storm cloud

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