quinta-feira, 10 de maio de 2012

Word of the day: Ominous


Ominous:   agourento,  ominoso
Synonyms: baleful, dire, direful,  doomy, foreboding, ill, ill-boding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, portentous, sinister, threatening
“Space weather expert has ominous forecast. Mike Hapgood, who studies solar events, says the world isn't prepared for a truly damaging storm. And one could happen soon.”(www.latimes.com)
“He spoke in ominous tones.”(www.merriam-webster.com

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