ill-omened Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by or promising bad fortune
    ill-starred; ill-fated; doomed; unlucky.
    • 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

WordNet


Ill`-o"mened adjective
Definitions
  1. Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

Webster 1913