English Explanatory Dictionary

nefastous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. inauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened

Word forms

nefastous more nefastous most nefastous

Etymology

From Latin nefastus.

Synonyms

foreboding portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicate inauspicious nefastous omenic ominous brooding presageful presagious prodigious sinister star-crossed sullen
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