ill-omened, a.
(ˈɪlˈəʊmɛnd)
[parasynth. f. ill omen + -ed2.]
Having or attended by bad omens; ill-starred; inauspicious.
| 1685 Dryden Thren. August. 48 Soon as the ill-omened rumour reached his ear. 1738 Glover Leonidas ii. 285 Which you exact from these ill-omen'd lips. 1832 Lytton Eugene A. i. iv, Without the porch..stood the ill-omened traveller. 1884 Mrs. C. Praed Zero xi, My blessing might be ill-omened. |