ominous

/'ɔminəs/
Adjective
  1. presaging ill fortune
    • ill omens
    • ill predictions
    • my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven- P.B.Shelley
    • a dead and ominous silence prevailed
    • a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
  2. 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

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The dark clouds gathered in an ominous sky.