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ominous
(encz) | ominous,hrozivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ominous
(encz) | ominous,zlověstný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ominous
(gcide) | Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
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He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
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In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
[1913 Webster] -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness,
n.
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ominous
(wn) | ominous
adj 1: 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" [syn: baleful, forbidding,
menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous,
sinister, threatening]
2: 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"
[syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous] |
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abdominous
(encz) | abdominous,břichatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ominously
(encz) | ominously, adv: |
Abdominous
(gcide) | Abdominous \Ab*dom"i*nous\, a.
Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
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Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. --Cowper.
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abdominousness
(gcide) | abdominousness \abdominousness\ n.
1. 1 distension of the stomach area due to overweight.
Syn: paunchiness
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Binominous
(gcide) | Binominous \Bi*nom"i*nous\, a.
Binominal. [Obs.]
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Multinominous
(gcide) | Multinominal \Mul`ti*nom"i*nal\, Multinominous
\Mul`ti*nom"i*nous\, a. [L. multinominis; multus many + nomen
nominis name.]
Having many names or terms.
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Ominous
(gcide) | Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
[1913 Webster]
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
[1913 Webster] -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness,
n.
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Ominously
(gcide) | Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
[1913 Webster]
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
[1913 Webster] -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness,
n.
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Ominousness
(gcide) | Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
[1913 Webster]
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
[1913 Webster] -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness,
n.
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abdominous
(wn) | abdominous
adj 1: having a large belly [syn: abdominous, paunchy,
potbellied] |
abdominousness
(wn) | abdominousness
n 1: the bodily property of a protruding belly [syn:
abdominousness, paunchiness] |
ominously
(wn) | ominously
adv 1: in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously" |
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