English Synonym Finder

omen-like

Definitions

Having the nature of or serving as an omen; prophetic.

Suggestive of a future event, typically one that is ominous or foreboding.

Examples

The sudden silence that fell over the forest felt distinctly omen-like, as if the very trees were holding their breath.

He could not shake the omen-like feeling that the dark clouds gathering on the horizon signaled more than just a simple storm.

Synonyms

portentous foreboding ominous presageful augural fateful

Antonyms

auspicious promising propitious favorable encouraging hopeful