It can be auspicious, unfavorable, unkind, kind, good, good, bad, bad, bad, bad, happy, unhappy, evil, sinister, distressed, strange, empty, unimportant, important, gloomy, dark, anxious, formidable, thin, beautiful wonderful, unusual, joyful, pleasant, unpleasant, excellent, creepy, scary, nasty, nasty, fatal, sad. Guess what it is? The omen is right.
An omen is ...
The meaning of the word can be found in the explanatory dictionary. An omen is something that portends an event or phenomenon.
The meaning of the word will become much clearer if we study it in the context of sentences:
- This dream from Thursday to Friday was a very bad omen.
- The past year of the Dog was full of evil, ominous omens.
- The villagers took these preparations as an omen of war.
- An omen is a premonition.
Morphological characteristics, declination
"Omen" is a common inanimate noun of the middle gender. All declined nouns of the middle gender belong to the second type of declension, however, words ending in "-ie" are inclined somewhat differently.
| Case | Question | Examples of sentences with a singular noun | Examples of plural noun sentences |
| Nominative | What? | It was an ominous omen. | These omens are nothing more than girlish fabrications. |
| Genitive | What? | There is no omen in this. | The inhabitants of the village with horror awaited the omens of the end of the world. |
| Dative | Why? | Michael reacted to the omen coolly. | Omen should be taken seriously. |
| Accusative | What? | The superstitious grandfather took the appearance of a black cat for an ominous omen. | I see here only bad omens. |
| Instrumental case | Than? | The fact itself seemed to me a very bad omen. | Everyone laughed at the omens, but in vain ... |
| Prepositional | About what? | Do you want me to tell you about that terrible omen? | I do not find anything bad in portents. |
Omen: synonyms
Using synonyms, one can describe, in different ways, avoiding repetition, any object, event, sign, action or phenomenon. In addition, synonyms allow you to more accurately express the idea, choosing from several words that are closest in meaning, the most accurate and appropriate.
So, synonyms are words that are written and pronounced differently, but have the same meaning.
An "omen" is:
- sign;
- the Omen;
- omen
- portent.