ill-omened

English

Adjective

ill-omened (comparative more ill-omened, superlative most ill-omened)

  1. Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
    Synonyms: foreboding, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous
    • 1845 July and August, John O’Sullivan, “Annexation”, in United States Magazine and Democratic Review‎[1], volume 17, number 1, page 2:
      Ill betide those foul birds that delight to file their own nest, and disgust the ear with perpetual discord of ill-omened croak.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 10:
      From the first day of our ill-omened attachment, I was conscious that Agnes's passion was a stronger, a more dominant, and—if I may use the expression—a purer sentiment than mine.

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