omen
Harbinger of fate
An omen is a sign or event believed to foretell the future, especially something momentous or fateful: The crow at the window seemed like an omen.
Omens can be good or bad, though the word alone often suggests something ominous—a dark portent.
To omen is rare; the adjective forms ominous and the verb portend are more common.
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- presageIndicate beforehand
- prognosticationForetelling future events
oracle · seer · prophet · soothsayer · divination · foresight · sibyl · clairvoyance
Dark-coated feline
- broken mirrorDamaged reflective pane
- ravenLarge black carrion bird
- crowLarge black corvid
- owlNocturnal feathered predator
magpie · lucky charm · rabbit's foot · horseshoe · salt · ladder · horoscope · astrology
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
doom · gloom · menace · portentous · sinister · eerie · chill · shiver
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
karma · lot · predestination · inevitability · fatefulness · preordained · decreed · written
Sleep vision predicting events
- visionAbility to see
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
trance · apparition · manifestation · nocturnal · sleeping · unconscious · symbolic · recurring
portent
Sign of future calamity
prognostication · oracle · seer · prophet · soothsayer · divination · foresight · sibyl · clairvoyance · fortune-telling
black cat
Dark-coated feline
- broken mirrorDamaged reflective pane
- ravenLarge black carrion bird
- crowLarge black corvid
owl · magpie · lucky charm · rabbit's foot · horseshoe · salt · ladder · horoscope · astrology · tarot
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
anxiety · doom · gloom · menace · portentous · sinister · eerie · chill · shiver · shadow
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- fortuneWealth or destiny
doom · karma · lot · predestination · inevitability · fatefulness · preordained · decreed · written · sealed
prophetic dream
Sleep vision predicting events
- visionAbility to see
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
revelation · trance · apparition · manifestation · nocturnal · sleeping · unconscious · symbolic · recurring · lucid
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, fate, destiny
- omensportent, portents, signs, augury, harbinger
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Julius CaesarJulius Caesar, Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Marc Antony
- oraclesoracle, sibyl, prophetess, seer, Delphi
- Tribal Spiritualityspirit animal, spirit animals, totem, totem poles, ancestor spirits
omencoincidence
Unplanned matching of events
accident · random occurrence · happenstance · fluke · randomness
- bad omenSign foretelling misfortune
- good omenFavorable sign of future
- death omenSign predicting someone's passing
- ill omenSign predicting misfortune
- The OmenSeventies horror classic