omened
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9.6
- adjective
- /ˈoʊmənd/
- Archaic
- In this way, everything framed by the beginning and the end of Bernldez's relation is advanced as unfolding under the aegis of a larger, ill-omened design.
- ill-omened
Examples
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West Virginia botanist Earl Core reports that the first settlers spoke of the dark spruce forests "in dread, as an ill-omened region, filled with bears, panthers.
Academic text (1990) -
From the time I was three, I have known that "We'll see" is an ill-omened reply to any request.
Fiction book (1992) -
"The thirteenth year is ill-omened."
Fiction book (1996) -
The excuse imagined only a month before, that Rainey's decline would require his full attention, had, like some ill-omened wish, come true.
Fiction book (1999) -
Gods come to lie with mortal maidens at Beltane, and their offspring tend to be ill-omened.
Fiction book (1991) -
The villagers believed that the sudden storm was an ill-omened sign of misfortune ahead.
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To many, the black cat crossing the path was considered an ill-omened occurrence.
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She felt that his ill-omened luck would soon change after the warning from the fortuneteller.
Synonyms
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7.4
Saying or showing what will happen in the future, often as if from a spiritual source
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7.3
Making you feel that something bad will happen
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9.1
Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person
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8.6
A strong sign that something important or bad will happen
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9.8
A sign that warns of something bad that may happen
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8.7
A thing that people think will bring bad luck
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9.9
Suggests or shows what will happen later in a vague, symbolic way
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9.9
About signs people use to guess the future
How Ominous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Omened comes from the simple word omen, which means 'a sign' about the future. Think of a road sign or a dark cloud that feels like a 'warning'; an omened night is one that seems to point to something that will happen, usually something bad.