omens
nounUK /ˈəʊmənz/
US /ˈoʊmənz/
Omens are signs that something good or bad might happen soon.
The old sailors believed that a red sky at night was one of the good omens for the next day.
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2. Events or objects seen as warnings of future trouble.
Dark clouds on the horizon were taken as omens of a coming storm.
3. In stories, supernatural signals sent to predict a hero's destiny.
The wise woman read the omens in the flight of birds.
4. Plural form used to describe several signs pointing to the same outcome.
The broken mirror and the black cat were both bad omens.