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onheilspellend — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baleful adj Portending evil; ominous.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • disastrous adj Causing great damage or harm; having the nature of a disaster.
  • ominous adj Suggesting that something bad is about to happen; threatening or foreboding.
  • portentous adj Of momentous or ominous significance.

Senses

onheilspellend is used for these senses in English:

  • baleful Portending evil; ominous.
  • dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • disastrous Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
  • portentous Of momentous or ominous significance.

baleful — full definition

  1. adj Portending evil; ominous.
  2. adj Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
  3. adj Deadly, mortal.

dire — full definition

  1. adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  2. adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.

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