Adjective : an ominous bank of dark clouds. From Dictionary.com.
Were I inclined to follow his example in making remarks upon the "ominousness" of names, I might perhaps retaliate upon him with interest. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
But it was hard now to maintain that sense of ominousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Store]
The day I became a poet was a sunny day of no particular ominousness. From Wordnik.com. [margaret atwood | waterstone’s poetry lecture « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
“But not certain,” Captain Drake added, with a certain ominousness. From Wordnik.com. [CROSSOVER] Reference
There was a measure of ominousness in his last statement that perceptive Jilseponie did not miss. From Wordnik.com. [Ascendance]
That face once seen could never be forgotten, and he was overcome by the ominousness of the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Putting it on the front page confers a sense of gravity and ominousness that the story may not deserve. From Wordnik.com. [John McQuaid: Obama's Parking Tickets] Reference
Rod Serling could have taken a lesson in ominousness from the way you kept interspersing “wrong dog.”. From Wordnik.com. [Tuesday, April 21 – The Bleat.] Reference
With such a method he can depict time in all its obtrusive ominousness, and give love power to surmount it. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Christopher Oram's twin-levelled set, with its high, perpendicular windows, conveys the ominousness of the tribunal's public spaces. From Wordnik.com. [Danton's Death] Reference
While their identification of the source of that roar was somewhat less precise than the Princess ', the Coway recognized its ominousness. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
Even so, the lost Bohemia of their Greenwich Village period will not be denied, and before too long Frank and April are smilingly condescending to help out a local troupe called, with brilliant ominousness, the Laurel Players. From Wordnik.com. [Suburbs of Our Discontent] Reference
And so he's taking on the "Mission Impossible" theme and sort of reinventing it without the ingredients that you're accustomed to but still capturing the ominousness and a little bit of the tension and a little bit of the spark and drama of the original. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Highlights From 'Song Of The Day'] Reference
I recognized it, carried a certain ominousness to my mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful Lady] Reference
The mildewed ominousness of Terribly Happy gets lost in space. From Wordnik.com. [East Bay Express] Reference
There's a sense of dread and an ominousness that gathers over all the characters. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness, but he appeared not to care. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
To him, as to his mother, the circumstance had at once conveyed a suggestion of ominousness, a hint of possible evil tidings. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer] Reference
The pleas of "Lord have mercy" echoed passionately and majestically against an orchestra projecting no small amount of ominousness. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
The strange solemnity in the latter's tone, no less than the ominousness of the hour, probably gave him premonition of some disaster. From Wordnik.com. [Bressant] Reference
But I put two and two together, and knew that the two tired saddle horses were just one more added touch of ominousness to the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
But I put two and two together, and knew that the two tired saddle - horses were just one more added touch of ominousness to the situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Jacket (Star-Rover)] Reference
Honey Moon, the two celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary by taking a break from all that ominousness and singing love songs to each other. From Wordnik.com. [Pitchfork: Latest News] Reference
Isn't much of the ominousness and wariness we feel before his pictures dependent on our sharing his left-wing cultural and political assumptions?. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Review of Books] Reference
If you are interested enough in the topic to read investment blogs then the ominousness of the math is probably not lost on you but it can be truly unkind. From Wordnik.com. [Random Roger] Reference
With strange ominousness it went directly to the two models which Locke had returned, took them, turned and went back through the great gap in the wall from which it had come. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Mystery] Reference
Also would probably bring a sence of ominousness into the yard. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Just had to post this cool statue of Yoda] Reference
How to play texas holdum ominousness Brainard foggily:recoiled Hopkinsian dramatic. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Digital Evidence and the New Criminal Procedure:] Reference
The ominousness gets thicker, as the usually headstrong patient thinks that maybe it’s time to call his parents. From Wordnik.com. [grey’s anatomy recap : the downside of denial (season 2, episode 4) | Seattle Metblogs] Reference
7 Comments how to play texas hold um says: how to play texas holdum ominousness Brainard foggily: recoiled Hopkinsian dramatic. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Digital Evidence and the New Criminal Procedure:] Reference
"However, before you go" -- his voice took on a certain ominousness -- "let me remind you that it is the custom not to question the sources of our information. From Wordnik.com. [The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix] Reference
Elsewhere there is an ominousness reminiscent of David Lynch, whose method of digging into his unconscious ” whatever may come spilling out ” seems an inspiration. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumph of Roberto Bolaño] Reference
The mildewed ominousness of Terribly Happy. From Wordnik.com. [East Bay Express] Reference
I love the ominousness of the last two words. From Wordnik.com. [Mudville Gazette] Reference
There was a hint of ominousness in Kirk’s answer. From Wordnik.com. [Demons] Reference
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