Thesaurus: omen

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1. n. An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
2. v. t. To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.
3. n. a sign of something about to happen
4. v. indicate, as with a sign or an omen
5. An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton. To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. Sir W. Scott.
6. An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,some future event; any indication or action regarded as aforeshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton.
7. n:100 n. a sign of something about to happen