English search results for: ominous

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. awful/dire/dreadful (omen)
  2. ominous/frightful/terrible/horrible
  3. skillful (L+S)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. having foreboding
  2. ominous
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. foreboding, ominous
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. ominous
  2. sad-making
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)