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.
See also: bad, omen

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ayscue['eiskju:]
Makaio-Hawaiian
Faye['feijə]
Norikono-ṙee-koJapanese
Yeriyahu-Biblical Hebrew
Devaraj-Indian, Kannada