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- 1. attended by bad omens: "ill-omened birds of prey"
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The meaning of ILL-OMENED is having or marked by bad omens : inauspicious, unlucky. How to use ill-omened in a sentence.
Ill-omened definition: having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred.. See examples of ILL-OMENED used in a sentence.
Definitions of ill-omened. adjective. marked by or promising bad fortune. synonyms: doomed, ill-fated, ill-starred, star-crossed, unlucky. unfortunate. not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.
Doomed to be unlucky; ill-fated.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
ill-omened - marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
ill-omened. adjective. These are words and phrases related to ill-omened. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. OMINOUS. Synonyms. ominous. threatening. minatory. menacing. foreboding. sinister. dismaying. disquieting. portentous. fateful. unpromising. unpropitious. unfavorable. inauspicious. ill-starred. portending evil.
Definition of ill-omened adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Ill-omened definition: Having bad omens; ill-fated; inauspicious.
Pronunciation. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the adjective ill-omened mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective ill-omened. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
