Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The option that can be used as a one-word substitute for "giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen" is ominous.
- Desolate means having no living things; empty.
- Suspicious means making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong.
- Ominous means giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
- Bleak means (of an area of land) lacking vegetation; (of the weather) cold and miserable.