Ominous vs Malevolent - What's the difference?
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Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.
* California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
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having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
having an evil or harmful influence
Ominous is a related term of malevolent.
As adjectives the difference between ominous and malevolent
is that ominous is of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant while malevolent is having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.ominous
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(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.}}