• adj.
    ⦿threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    lexical concept
  • a baleful look
  • a sinister smile
  • forbidding thunderclouds
  • his threatening behavior
  • his tone became menacing
  • ominous rumblings of discontent
  • sinister storm clouds

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:baleful
  2. enl:forbidding
  3. enl:menacing
  4. enl:minacious
  5. enl:minatory
  6. enl:ominous
  7. enl:sinister
  8. enl:threatening
wn:interlingual indexili:i1041

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • balefulforbiddingmenacingminaciousminatoryominoussinisterthreatening
  • balefulforbiddingmenacingminaciousminatorysinisterthreatening