Definition of Ill omened. Meaning of Ill omened. Synonyms of Ill omened

- An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the ****ure, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed...
- Boios, dated to before the end of 4th century BC. In this Gr**** myth, the ill-omened strīx herself did not perpetrate harm on humans. But one paper suggests...
- cannibals who would capture and eat victims who ventured too close to the ill-omened location. The cave is blackened with soot to this day, allegedly from...
- countless hordes from hill and plain for loot in bullock and buffalo. These ill-omened people are senseless oppressors! Previously, their deeds did not concern...
- ornithomancy superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some cultures, and in Britain, at least as far back as the early sixteenth...
- Noctes Atticae, written around 177 CE, speculated that Vejovis was an ill-omened counterpart of Jupiter; compare Summ****. Aulus Gellius observes that...
- However, Ovid describes the furies bearing the torches at weddings for ill-omened couples: Canace, a Thessalian princess in Gr**** mythology who mothered...
- Disdemona (the equivalent of Shakespeare's Desdemona – her name means "ill-omened" in Italian) is named – the others are simply called the Moor (the equivalent...
- convenient given that infanticide could as easily have been precipitated by an ill-omened birthmark." Victor Davis Hanson, a National Review columnist and former...
- describes the work as a "doom-filled painting with threatening skies and ill-omened crows". Its dark palette and heavy brushstrokes convey a sense of menace...