What is the another word for opportunity?
What is the another word for opportunity?
Synonyms of opportunity
- break,
- chance,
- occasion,
- opening,
- room,
- shot.
What are some other words for ominous?
Synonyms & Antonyms of ominous
- baleful,
- dire,
- direful,
- doomy,
- foreboding,
- ill,
- ill-boding,
- inauspicious,
What are two synonyms for malevolent?
synonyms for malevolent
- malicious.
- malignant.
- murderous.
- sinister.
- vengeful.
- vicious.
- wicked.
- bad-natured.
What does it mean to be ominous?
ominous, portentous, fateful mean having a menacing or threatening aspect. ominous implies having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster. ominous rumblings from the volcano portentous suggests being frighteningly big or impressive but now seldom definitely connotes forewarning of calamity.
What is a synonym and antonym for ominous?
adjective. ( ˈɑːmənəs) Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Antonyms. unalarming clear beneficent inauspiciousness unpropitiousness auspicious favorable. minacious menacing minatory forbidding sinister.
What is a synonym for bad intentions?
Some common synonyms of malevolence are grudge, ill will, malice, malignity, spite, and spleen. While all these words mean “the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress,” malevolence suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be expressed in malicious conduct.
What does it mean to be wary of something?
keen caution
: marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger.
Which must mean almost the same as harmful?
SYNONYMS hurtful, detrimental, damaging, deleterious.
What do you call an area of danger?
hazardous area. perilous area. dangerous situation. no man’s land. “The security measures around the dangerous area of the Kannegiesser rotary press are perfectly devised to protect the operator.”
Can Ominous be positive?
Only rarely (and briefly, from the 1590s to the 1670s) was “ominous” ever used in a positive sense, a usage the OED says is now obsolete. We can’t explain why “omen” can be good or bad but “ominous” is only bad. There’s no clue in Latin, according to the OED, which says the etymology of ōmen is unknown.
How do you use the word ominous?
Ominous sentence example
- Her ominous tone did not register with him.
- There was an ominous silence.
- His ominous farewell silenced her.
- Gabriel’s ominous warning suddenly made sense.
- The door closed with an ominous boom that echoed throughout what sounded like a massive but empty chamber.
What is the noun for ominous?
omen. Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding. prophetic significance.
What is a word for malicious intent?
malevolent, malignant, mischievous, nasty, pernicious, petty, spiteful, vengeful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked, awful, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty, cussed, deleterious, despiteful.
What is nefarious intent?
: flagrantly wicked or impious : evil.
What is the difference between wary and leery?
is that leery is cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns while wary is cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
What endangerment means?
bring into danger or peril
: to bring into danger or peril recklessly endangering innocent lives. intransitive verb. : to create a dangerous situation driving to endanger.
What is the definition malignant?
Listen to pronunciation. (muh-LIG-nunt) A term used to describe cancer. Malignant cells grow in an uncontrolled way and can invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph system.
What is the adjective for danger?
Definition of dangerous adjective. full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
What is danger airspace?
Description. A danger area is an airspace of defined dimensions within which activities dangerous to the flight of aircraft may exist at specified times. ( ICAO Annex 11: Air Traffic Services) Most danger areas are operated by military authorities.
What is an invaluable opportunity?
If you describe something as invaluable, you mean that it is extremely useful. […]