ominous sign
Foreboding dark portent
An ominous sign is an indication that something bad is likely to happen—a warning or portent of trouble ahead.
The phrase appears in contexts ranging from medical symptoms to political developments to weather patterns: Dark clouds on the horizon were an ominous sign.
Economists see the slowdown as an ominous sign for the housing market.
- warningAlert about danger
- writing on the wallObvious omen of trouble
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- portentSign of future calamity
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
dark clouds · sinking feeling · dread · harbinger · ill wind · ill-fated · doom · death knell · foreshadowing · raven · thunder · gathering storm · sinister · menacing · eerie · black cat · storm brewing · calm before the storm
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Favorable sign of future
ray of hope · silver lining · welcome sign · bright spot · blessing
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