Synonyms for omen

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-muhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ mən

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Définition of omen

Origin : 1580s, from Latin omen "foreboding," from Old Latin osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire "to hear" [OED] or from PIE *o- "to believe, hold as true" (cf. Greek oiomai "I suppose, think, believe").

noun sign of something to come

Example sentences :

He took it as an omen that the wilderness was deserted, and his confidence was strong.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The dead quiet of the house also oppressed him—like a voice—an omen.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

For I will tell you what has happened to me; and I regard the coincidence as a sort of omen.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

If they come up odd the omen is favourable, and if even it is bad.
Extract from : « The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India » by R. V. Russell

It may serve as an example of the branch of the omen literature to which it belongs.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Reference to minor deities are frequent in these omen texts.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

In some of the prayers a second series of omen indications are given.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

In such a case, the omen has direct bearings on national affairs.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

It was an 'animal of omen,' sometimes good, at other times bad.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Cracks in the wall were an omen; meeting a snake in the highway was an omen.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

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