Clues for the word "OMINOUS"
We've had 31 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 52 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on March 13, 2025.
Definition of ominous
- a. - 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.
Referring Clues
- Foreboding
- Sinister
- Appearing threatening
- Inauspicious
- Bad-looking
- Like dark clouds
- Menacing
- Foreboding harm
- Lowering
- Unpromising
- Like gathering storm clouds
- Unsettling-sounding
- Threatening
- Portending evil
- Foreboding evil (7)
- Foreboding evil
- Forbidding
- Nothing less holds nothing threatening
- Zero? Less than zero? About zero? That's unpromising!
- Portending bad things
- Portentous
- Portentous doctor lifted one with common sense
- Portentous mantra intoned by one with common sense
- Menacing black coat with front not seen by us
- Sinister-looking
- Threatening disaster? Nothing less, without oxygen
- Threatening nothing, I'm retreating with common sense
- Not promising nothing less when there's nothing involved
- Sinister contents of room in 'ouse of 'orrors
- Very threatening
- Threatening to remove voluminous parts
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - March 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 06, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 26, 2023
- Your Life Choices - September 16, 2023
- LA Times - April 18, 2023
- LA Times - February 12, 2023
- Your Life Choices - July 28, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 11, 2022
- Chronicle of Higher Education - August 04, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 09, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 09, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - May 06, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - March 12, 2017
- Guardian Quick - January 04, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - December 18, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 12, 2016
- LA Times Sunday - September 25, 2016
- Guardian Quick - May 07, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - May 01, 2016
- Family Time - December 27, 2015
- LA Times - December 12, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - May 24, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - September 21, 2014
- New York Times - March 16, 2014
- Guardian Quick - April 30, 2013
- Washington Post - April 04, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - September 10, 2012
- Netword - August 07, 2012
- Guardian Quick - January 08, 2012
- And in 22 more crossword puzzles...