ill-omened
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.22 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
Example Sentences
- "Ill betide those foul birds that delight to file their own nest, and disgust the ear with perpetual discord of ill-omened croak."
- "From the first day of our ill-omened attachment, I was conscious that Agnes's passion was a stronger, a more dominant, and—if I may use the expression—a purer sentiment than mine."
Inflected Forms
more ill-omened (comparative)
most ill-omened (superlative)