Om"i*nous (?), a. [L. ominosus,
fr. omen. See Omen.] Of or pertaining to an omen
or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; --
formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly
in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an
ominous dread.
He had a good ominous name to have made a
peace.
Bacon.
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous.
South.
-- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. --
Om"i*nous*ness, n.