omen
noun
1. a sign of something about to happen
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
Similar word(s): portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication
Definition categories: event, augury, foretoken, sign
Sentences with omen as a noun:
- the ghost's appearance was an ill omen
- a rise in imports might be an omen of recovery
- the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen
- a sign of ill omen