1. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Example Sentences:
'a baleful look'
'forbidding thunderclouds'
'his tone became menacing'
'ominous rumblings of discontent'
'sinister storm clouds'
'a sinister smile'
'his threatening behavior'
'ugly black clouds'
'the situation became ugly'

Synonyms

• baleful
• forbidding
• menacing
• minacious
• minatory
• sinister
• threatening

2. ill, inauspicious, ominous

presaging ill fortune

Example Sentences:
'ill omens'
'ill predictions'
'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'
'a dead and ominous silence prevailed'
'a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government'

Synonyms

• ill
• inauspicious