{ 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"
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