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
Geir	-	Norwegian, Icelandic
Sanaa (2)	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Julius	['dʒu:ljəs]
Mladenka	-	Croatian, Serbian
Edana	-	History
Andrea (2)	AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)	English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr