Augurous

//ˈɔɡəɹəs// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of augury; foreboding. uncommon

    "[S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]"

Synonyms

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balefulbodefulbodingbroodingdiredisastrous

Example

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"[S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]"

Etymology

From augur + -ous.

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