ill-omened
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ill-omened (comparative more ill-omened, superlative most ill-omened)
- Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
- Synonyms: foreboding, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous
- 1845 July and August, John O’Sullivan, “Annexation”, in United States Magazine and Democratic Review[1], volume 17, number 1, page 2:
- Ill betide those foul birds that delight to file their own nest, and disgust the ear with perpetual discord of ill-omened croak.
Translations
[edit]inauspicious, unlucky
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