01 a. Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unf…
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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.“He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.” — Bacon.“In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous.” — South.