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)