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omens

NOUN

sign of something to come

Synonyms

STRONGEST

harbinger indication portent premonition

STRONG

augury auspice boding foreboding foretoken presage prognostic prognostication prophecy straw warning

WEAK

bodement writing on the wall

Example Sentences

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An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

But, in general, history shows that golden crosses are positive omens for investors.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

Even City manager Pep Guardiola sensed the bad omens, saying: "When I saw the fire before the game I thought 'the journalists have their headlines already'."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

But this was a random thing, right, not, like, the latest in a concentrated sequence of omens that are becoming impossible to ignore?

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2024

I realize now there were plenty of bad omens within the next few minutes.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel