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
Saffira-Biblical Latin
Claude[klɔ:d]
DevynDEV-inEnglish (Modern)
Christobel-English (Archaic)
KatiKAH-tee (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
GervaseJUR-vəsEnglish (Rare)