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
- adjective Foreboding; ominous.
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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