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Noun: ominousness
  1. The quality of giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; being threatening, portentous, inauspicious.
    "Hewitt introduces some notes of dissonance, emphasizing the ominousness of the movie's befuddled hero's situation, along with his sense of disconnection."

Type of: distressfulness, seriousness

Encyclopedia: Ominousness