bad omen

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bad omen

A sign, either real or imagined, of ill fortune or catastrophe in the future. It was a bad omen when my girlfriend broke up with me the day before my final exams. All of the recent natural disasters are a bad omen for the future of the planet.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alen	AHL-en (Croatian)	Croatian, Slovene
Uranus	yuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Alexa
Joachim	zho-a-KEEM (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)	French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
Mirela	-	Romanian, Croatian
Karlee	KAHR-lee	English (Modern)