Ill-omened

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ill-omened \Ill`-o"mened\, a.
     Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under {Ill},
     adv.
  
     Syn: ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky.
          [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ill-omened
       adj : marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
             was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business
             venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky
             prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {doomed},
              {ill-fated}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}]