Thesaurus / augury
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But Andrea spills salt upon the table, which evil augury seems to be taken seriously.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERHope was the first horse Napoleon rode on the island, and it pleased him to think that this name was an augury.
NAPOLEON'S YOUNG NEIGHBORHELEN LEAH REEDNo other mode of augury is received with such implicit faith by the people, the nobility, and the priesthood.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYAbove all, there were expressions in his letters that seemed of sad augury.
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD BYRONTERESA GUICCIOLIThey knew not that it was an augury of the fateful tragedy at the gates of Spain.
WITH SPURS OF GOLDFRANCES NIMMO GREENEFrom such platforms, yellow-brown folk with braided top-knots shouted words of good augury to the on-toiling warriors.
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLANDMany drew true and evil augury from the cloud lowering on the stern features of the “Haughty Earl.”
SWORD AND GOWNGEORGE A. LAWRENCEThese Beauforts, associated in his thoughts with every evil omen and augury, had they set a spy upon his movements?
NIGHT AND MORNING, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONHe was as much an augury of evil as the brood of ravens that once alighted upon Vespasian's pillar.
THE BROKEN SWORDDENNISON WORTHINGTONI desire to see around him thronging, nay forming the procession, every augury of hope and peace.
A REPORT OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE CONVENTIONLUCIUS EUGENE CHITTENDENWORDS RELATED TO AUGURY
- abracadabra
- alchemy
- allurement
- astrology
- augury
- bewitchment
- black art
- conjuration
- conjuring
- conjury
- devilry
- diabolism
- divination
- enchantment
- exorcism
- fascination
- foreboding
- fortune-telling
- hocuspocus
- horoscopy
- illusion
- incantation
- legerdemain
- magnetism
- necromancy
- occultism
- power
- prediction
- presage
- prophecy
- rune
- sleight of hand
- soothsaying
- sorcery
- sortilege
- spell
- superstition
- taboo
- thaumaturgy
- trickery
- voodoo
- voodooism
- witchcraft
- wizardry
- assurance
- augury
- auspice
- badge
- beacon
- bell
- caution
- clue
- divination
- flag
- flash
- foreboding
- foreknowledge
- foreshadowing
- foretoken
- forewarning
- gesture
- giveaway
- handwriting on the wall
- harbinger
- herald
- high sign
- hint
- light
- manifestation
- mark
- nod
- note
- omen
- portent
- precursor
- prediction
- premonition
- presage
- presentiment
- prognostic
- proof
- signal
- suggestion
- symbol
- symptom
- token
- trace
- vestige
- warning
- wave
- whistle
- wink
- assurance
- augury
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- badge
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- caution
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- divination
- evidence
- flag
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- foreboding
- foreknowledge
- foreshadowing
- foretoken
- forewarning
- gesture
- giveaway
- handwriting on the wall
- harbinger
- herald
- high sign
- hint
- index
- indication
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- light
- manifestation
- mark
- nod
- note
- omen
- portent
- precursor
- prediction
- premonition
- presage
- presentiment
- prognostic
- proof
- signal
- stamp
- suggestion
- symbol
- symptom
- token
- trace
- vestige
- warning
- wave
- whistle
- wink
- witness
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