foreboding weather
Storm clouds gathering
Weather that suggests something bad or threatening is coming.
Dark clouds, sudden stillness, or an ominous drop in pressure all qualify as foreboding weather—conditions that seem to warn of storms, danger, or disaster: The foreboding weather kept us from setting out on the hike.
The phrase emphasizes atmosphere and feeling as much as meteorological fact.
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- ill omenSign predicting misfortune
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- storm cloudsRain-bearing atmospheric formations
- dark skiesSky without brightness
dark clouds · thunder · rolling thunder · looming · threatening · bad sign · gloomy · overcast · grey skies · brewing · calm before the storm · tempest · dread · menacing · rumbling · lightning · squall · brooding
foreboding weatherfair weather
Pleasant, dry climate
blue skies · clear skies · mild weather · settled weather · Indian summer
foreboding weatherfriendly skies
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