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omen

noun as in sign of something to come

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The liquid, it is believed, takes away with it all bad omens and welcomes the next 365 days “clean” of all evil.

There was even a rainbow-y halo around that big moon, another lucky omen if you’re hungry for such things.

From Time

Those 43 goals account for just 57 percent of Boston’s total goals scored, a bad omen considering that just one of the past 13 Stanley Cup champions45 scored under 60 percent of their regular-season goals while playing 5-on-5.

That seems like a bad omen for Newsom — until you consider the special circumstances of this recall effort and the political evolution of California.

When a lifetime nomination for the Supreme Court becomes the source of spreading a deadly virus, it should be taken as an omen.

Ancient Romans exchanged gifts of figs and honey and would make sure to work part of the day as a good omen for the coming year.

At times, it seemed Leonard was awaiting a portent or an omen.

The Japan Times on March 6, 2010, reported that in folklore the fish comes to the beach as an omen of an earthquake.

The color has also been used to forebode an omen or a threat.

Some view is as an omen of dread, of blood, of war, or of victory.

Here I am engaged, miss, or as good, to Mr. Capt; and I know what this omen means.

Sloth in women is cured either by vanity or love; though, in vivacious women, it is an omen of love.

Pelican, bird of ill omen, go to thy hole and hide thy sorry face.'

Yes, for you have interpreted the omen with which you were favoured, in a very different way from what you should have done.

For the sake of the omen she put on before going to sleep the tunica rcta, or rgilla, woven in one piece and falling to the feet.

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to omen, such as: harbinger, indication, portent, premonition, augury, and auspice.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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