ill-omened

comparative more ill-omened · superlative most ill-omened

1. Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.

   Ill betide those foul birds that delight to file their own nest, and disgust the ear with perpetual discord of ill-omened croak.

   1845 July and August, John O’Sullivan, “Annexation”, in United States Magazine and Democratic Review, volume 17, number 1, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2024, page 2

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   From the first day of our ill-omened attachment, I was conscious that Agnes's passion was a stronger, a more dominant, and—if I may use the expression—a purer sentiment than mine.

   1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 10

   Synonyms: foreboding, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous · Antonyms: happy-omened, well-omened, promising, auspicious