Hyphenation of ominous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ominous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

omi-nous

Definitions of ominous:

1.	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments 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
2.	Presaging ill fortune Ill omens Ill predictions My words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven- P.B.Shelley A dead and ominous silence prevailed A by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government

Synonyms of ominous:

adj	baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening, ugly, alarming
adj	ill, inauspicious, unpropitious

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