augured
Foretold future events
Augured is the past tense of augur, meaning to foretell or serve as an omen.
Something that augured well suggested a favorable outcome; something that augured badly portended trouble.
The word comes from Roman priests who interpreted signs to predict the future: The early results augured victory.
Declared in advance
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- presagedIndicated something future
- portendedForeshadowed future events
- foreshadowedIndicated in advance
foresaw · divined · prognosticated · foretold · anticipated · prefigured · heralded · signaled
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- signMark conveying information
- warningAlert about danger
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
token · foretoken · indicator · presage · foreshadowing · boding · prognostic · entrails
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
- sibylAncient female prophet
prophet · clairvoyant · visionary · entrails · bird watching · Roman · ritual · priests
Fearful anticipation of harm
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- portentousOminously significant
sinister · menace · trepidation · unease · doom · gloom · hopeful · promising
predicted
Declared in advance
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- presagedIndicated something future
- portendedForeshadowed future events
foreshadowed · foresaw · divined · prognosticated · foretold · anticipated · prefigured · heralded · signaled · indicated
portent
Sign of future calamity
premonition · token · foretoken · indicator · presage · foreshadowing · boding · prognostic · entrails · flight patterns
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
sibyl · prophet · clairvoyant · visionary · entrails · bird watching · Roman · ritual · priests · omens
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
portentous · sinister · menace · trepidation · unease · doom · gloom · hopeful · promising · favorable
helix
Spiraling three-dimensional curve
corkscrew · threaded · winding · rotary · fluted · grooved · channeled · rifled · spiraled · turned
auguredconfirmed
Established as accurate
verified · proved · established · proven · demonstrated
auguredrecorded
Captured for posterity
documented · chronicled · reported · recounted · attested
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