omened
Gave prophetic signs
Omened describes something accompanied by or indicative of omens—signs foretelling future events.
It almost always appears with a modifier: an ill-omened voyage, a well-omened beginning.
The word carries a literary or archaic tone, suggesting fate or destiny at work.
Something ill-omened portends misfortune; something well-omened promises good fortune ahead.
One who foreshadows
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- foreshadowIndicate future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
seer · soothsaying · foretell · prognostication · prophecy · vision · revelation · clairvoyance
Ominously significant
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
- direExtremely serious or urgent
fateful · menacing · dark · grim · unpropitious · ill-fated · ill-starred · threatening
Advance sense of future events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
- uneaseMild persistent worry
trepidation · disquiet · anxiety · presentiment · doom · gloom · chill · shiver
harbinger
One who foreshadows
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- foreshadowIndicate future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
divination · seer · soothsaying · foretell · prognostication · prophecy · vision · revelation · clairvoyance · sibylline
portentous
Ominously significant
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- balefulThreatening harm or misfortune
dire · fateful · menacing · dark · grim · unpropitious · ill-fated · ill-starred · threatening · eerie
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
unease · trepidation · disquiet · anxiety · presentiment · doom · gloom · chill · shiver · pessimism
charm
Attractive personal quality
hex · spell · ritual · astrology · tarot · totem · fetish · black cat · broken mirror · crossed fingers
omenedrandom
Occurring without pattern
accidental · chance · coincidental · unfated · arbitrary
- bad omenSign foretelling misfortune
- good omenFavorable sign of future
- death omenSign predicting someone's passing
- ill omenSign predicting misfortune
- The OmenSeventies horror classic