Definition of Ominousness

1. Noun. The quality of being ominous ¹

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Definition of Ominousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ominousness

omics
omigod
omigosh
omikron
omikrons
omikuji
omiletical
ominate
ominated
ominates
ominating
omination
ominelite
ominous
ominously
ominousness (current term)
ominousnesses
omissible
omission
omissions
omissive
omit
omits
omittable
omittance
omittances
omitted
omitter
omitters
omitting

Literary usage of Ominousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"... was not without ominousness, but he appeared not to care. He knew why she said so little, but he could not remove the cause of her bearing toward him. ..."

2. Elizabethan Drama, 1558-1642: A History of the Drama in England from the by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1908)
"In this world-tragedy of Romeo and Juliet the air hangs misty and golden, like a midday in July, with the glow, the promise, and the ominousness of ..."

3. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1896)
"... and thus he has, as he thinks, completely changed the old idea about the ominousness of a canina ..."

4. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of Charles II by Gilbert Burnet (1840)
"... to be such an extraordinary thunder, and such deluges of rain, as disgraced the show, and heightened the opinion of the ominousness of this embassy. ..."

5. The Book of the Twelve Prophets Commonly Called the Minor by George Adam Smith (1898)
"... magnifying them and investing them with that air of ominousness which is the sole justification of the allegorical and mystic interpretation of their ..."

6. The universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1731)
"or mouth apparent ; bur only a colouring lo thin, that the field may be feen thio it. See the Filare. ominousness ..."

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