| noun | a foreboding about what is about to happen |
| noun | a sign of something about to happen “he looked for an omen before going into battle” |
| verb | indicate by signs “These signs bode bad news” |
| ominous | adjective | presaging ill fortune; ; ; - P.B.Shelley |
| omen | verb | indicate by signs |
| portentous | adjective | of momentous or ominous significance; - Herman Melville |
| portend | verb | indicate by signs |
| presage | verb | indicate by signs |
| prognostic | adjective | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions |
| prognosticate | verb | indicate by signs |
| prodigious | adjective | of momentous or ominous significance; - Herman Melville |
| portent | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| auspice | noun | a favorable omen |
| prognostication | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| prognosis | noun | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
| omen | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| presage | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| foreshadowing | noun | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
| augur | noun | (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy |
| prefigurative | adjective | indistinctly prophetic |
| forecast | noun | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
| predictive | adjective | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions |