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ill-omened

adj

Definitions

  1. Having a bad omen

    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.
    • 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.

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