Definitions for omen

omen o·men

Spelling: [oh-muh n]
IPA: /ˈoʊ mən/

Omen is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in omen (emno).

Definitions for omen

noun

  1. anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
  2. a prognostic.
  3. prophetic significance; presage:

verb (used with object)

  1. to be an omen of; portend.
  2. to divine, as if from omens.

Origin of omen

First recorded in 1575-85, omen is from the Latin word ōmen

Examples for omen

At times, it seemed Leonard was awaiting a portent or an omen.

If they come up odd the omen is favourable, and if even it is bad.

For I will tell you what has happened to me; and I regard the coincidence as a sort of omen.

It may serve as an example of the branch of the omen literature to which it belongs.

He took it as an omen that the wilderness was deserted, and his confidence was strong.

The dead quiet of the house also oppressed him—like a voice—an omen.

The Japan Times on March 6, 2010, reported that in folklore the fish comes to the beach as an omen of an earthquake.

They may even have a good argument, but their very existence is about as ill an omen as it gets.

Some view is as an omen of dread, of blood, of war, or of victory.

The color has also been used to forebode an omen or a threat.

Word Value for omen
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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