Ominously

/ˈɒmɪnəsli/

Synonyms for "ominously" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Adverb(1 words)

Related words (3)

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More general

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adverbadverb of manner

Collocations

5 entries
ominous atmosphereominous moodominous silenceominous toneportentous warning

Inflections

2 entries
more ominouslymost ominously

Derivations

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Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

An anthropologist wrongly applied the word "Semitic" not just to languages like Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya and Hebrew but specifically to ethnically and culturally Jewish people. More ominously, from 1880 through the Nazi period of German history, racists extended the word "Aryan," which had meant the Sanskrit-Persian language family, to deliberately foster the vile and discredited theory of a so-called Aryan race.

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The thunder rumbled ominously in the distance.

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From first to last he was ominously polite, and ominously silent.

Source: wiktionary

His nostrils flared ominously and his fists opened and closed at his sides.

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