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(adj) threatening, baleful, ominous, minatory, sinister, menacing, forbidding
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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