adjective
- Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening
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