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Synonyms for ill-omened

  • adjective

Most common

ill-starred unlucky sinister ill-fated

All synonyms

Adjective

ill-starred, unlucky, sinister, ill-fated, unfortunate, dire, ominous, doomed, foreboding, baleful, portentous, unpromising, disastrous, fateful, untoward, boding, ill-boding, bodeful

Antonyms

promising, auspicious

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.

Example sentences

  • unlucky It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
  • sinister Gustavo's tone and mannerisms were really sinister.

By length

4 letters
dire1
6 letters
doomed1, boding
7 letters
unlucky3, ominous3, fateful2, baleful2, bodeful
8 letters
sinister3, untoward3
10 letters
disastrous3, foreboding3, portentous3
11 letters
unfortunate4, unpromising4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unlucky3 = 3 syllables).