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Synonyms of presagious

25 similar words

Another word for presagious is star-crossed. Other synonyms of presagious are ill-starred, dire, sinister, disastrous and ill-fated.

Synonyms and similar words for presagious

adjectiveForeboding; ominous.

  • inauspiciousNot auspicious; ill-omened.
  • portentousOminously prophetic.
  • augurousFull of augury; foreboding.
  • balefulPortending evil; ominous.
  • bodefulPortentous; ominous; foreboding.
  • bodingForeboding, ominous, portending.
  • direWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • disastrousForeboding disaster; ill-omened.
  • fatalForeboding death or great disaster.
  • forebodingOf ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
  • ill-bodingWhich bodes evil; portending bad things.
  • ill-fatedUnlucky; doomed.
  • ill-omenedHaving a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
  • ill-starredDoomed to a bad fate; hapless.
  • ominous
  • brooding
  • presagefulFull of presages; ominous.
  • sinisterInauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
  • star-crossedIll-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.
  • divine obsoleteForeboding; prescient.
  • inauspicate obsoleteInauspicious.
  • nefastous rareInauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened.
  • omenic rareHaving the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
  • prodigious archaicHaving the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
  • sullen obsoleteMischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

Meaning of presagious

  1. adjective Foreboding; ominous.

Full definition of presagious

Questions about synonyms of presagious

What is another word for presagious?
Presagious has 25 synonyms on Word.ws, such as star-crossed, ill-starred, dire, sinister, disastrous, ill-fated, foreboding and inauspicious.
What does presagious mean?
Presagious means foreboding; ominous.

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