ominously
In foreboding fashion
In a way that suggests something bad is coming.
Dark clouds gather ominously before a storm.
A character speaks ominously when their words hint at danger or misfortune ahead.
The engine sputtered ominously.
He was ominously silent when I asked about the test results.
Expressing intent to harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
- direExtremely serious or urgent
grim · hostile · dangerous · malevolent · fearsome · daunting · alarming · glowering
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- warningAlert about danger
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
augury · prophecy · dread · apprehension · unease · misgiving · intuition · anticipation
Resembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- chillingCausing fear or cold
creepy · eldritch · otherworldly · supernatural · macabre · phantasmal · apparitional · cryptic
threatening
Expressing intent to harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
dire · grim · hostile · dangerous · malevolent · fearsome · daunting · alarming · glowering · louring
portent
Sign of future calamity
forewarning · augury · prophecy · dread · apprehension · unease · misgiving · intuition · anticipation · prognostication
ghostly
Resembling a specter
chilling · creepy · eldritch · otherworldly · supernatural · macabre · phantasmal · apparitional · cryptic · mysterious
ominouslyreassuringly
In confidence-restoring fashion
encouragingly · promisingly · comfortingly · soothingly · hopefully
ominouslybrightly
With much light
cheerfully · joyfully · happily · merrily · lightheartedly
ominouslyauspiciously
In favorable circumstances
propitiously · favorably · luckily · fortunately · providentially
- ominous signThreatening warning indicator
- ominous toneMood suggesting coming harm