ill omen's Usage Examples:

Osric's reign, but records that comets were seen at his death, a sign of ill omen.

despite being killed by locals because of its reputation as a bird of ill omen.

Abomination (from Latin abominare, "to deprecate as an ill omen") is an English term used to translate the Biblical Hebrew terms shiqquts שיקוץ‎ and sheqets.

Latin, aegolius, is a type of screech owl that was thought to be a bird of ill omen.

striges or strixes), in the mythology of classical antiquity, was a bird of ill omen, the product of metamorphosis, that fed on human flesh and blood.

from Latin parra, a supernatural bird (usually an owl or a crow) bringing ill omen.

The lamp going out was considered an ill omen.

call, and diet of carrion, the raven is often associated with loss and ill omen.

Similarly, good news on a cover can be taken as an ill omen.

Mir Nasir Khan Talpur's defeat was an ill omen for the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Synonyms:

misused; used; victimised; put-upon; victimized; exploited;

Antonyms:

used; misused; new; unexploited; victimised;