Augury (4 letters)

{ Answer }

OMEN

{ Related Clues }

Augur
Foreboding
Harbinger
Indicator
Portent
Presage
Sign
Warning
Future indicator
Handwriting on the wall
Mystical indicator
Oracle's utterance
Sign for Cassandra
Straw in the wind
1976 horror hit, with "The"
*Black cat, supposedly
Dark clouds, say
___ faustum (a lucky sign)
Gathering clouds, e.g.
"Mene, mene, . . . ," e.g.
Overcast sky, to some
Red sky, perhaps
Sign of things to come
What a prophet reads
Red sky at morning, e.g.
You might see one in an eclipse
What a medicine man might seek

{ Tags }

augur, augury, black, cat, clouds, eclipse, eg, foretoken, harbinger, maybe, omen, portent, presage, say, sign, sky, some, soothsayers, straw, warning, wind

{ Notes }

The answer OMEN is very common and appears about once every 43.0 puzzles.

{ Definition }

OMEN as a noun:

1. (omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy) = a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

OMAN as a noun:

1. (Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman) = a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil

OMEN as a verb:

1. (bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict) = indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"