ominou

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]