ill-omened
Cursed from birth
Ill-omened describes something that seems to predict bad luck or misfortune.
An ill-omened venture or ill-omened journey carries a sense of foreboding, as if signs point toward disaster.
The term draws on the old belief that omens—unusual events or appearances—could forecast the future.
Something ill-omened may not be inherently bad, but circumstances surrounding it suggest trouble ahead.
Under a malevolent spell
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
- hexedPlaced under curse
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
unfortunate · hapless · blighted · accursed · doomed · fateful · unpropitious · crossed
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
- uneaseMild persistent worry
anxiety · sinister · eerie · haunting · chilling · menace · looming · shadowy
Sign of future calamity
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
soothsaying · oracle · clairvoyance · tarot · runes · astrology · black cat · broken mirror
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- downfallSudden loss of power
- destructionAct of completely ruining
fate · nemesis · calamity · perdition · annihilation · apocalypse · demise · collapse
cursed
Under a malevolent spell
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
- hexedPlaced under curse
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
inauspicious · unfortunate · hapless · blighted · accursed · doomed · fateful · unpropitious · crossed · benighted
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
unease · anxiety · sinister · eerie · haunting · chilling · menace · looming · shadowy · spectral
portent
Sign of future calamity
divination · soothsaying · oracle · clairvoyance · tarot · runes · astrology · black cat · broken mirror · curse
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
destruction · fate · nemesis · calamity · perdition · annihilation · apocalypse · demise · collapse · end