Main entry: threatening, baleful, ominous, minacious, minatory, sinister, menacing, forbidding
Definition: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Usage: 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
Main entry: lowering, heavy, sullen, threatening
Definition: darkened by clouds
Usage: a heavy sky