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 Translation for 'bad omen' from English to Slovak
NOUN   a bad omen | bad omens
zlé znamenie {n}bad omen
Partial Matches
predzvesť {f}omen
znamenie {n} [predzvesť]omen
dobré znamenie {n}good omen
bakaný {adj} [detsky] [zlý]bad
kakaný {adj} [detsky] [zlý]bad
mrcha {adj} [ľud.] [mierne zast.] [zlý]bad
mrchavý {adj} [ľud.] [mierne zast.]bad
zlý {adj}bad
3
Smola. [ľud.]Too bad.
zapáchať [nedok.]to smell (bad)
smrdieť [nedok.]to smell (bad)
páchnuť [nedok.]to smell (bad)
zlozvyk {m}bad habit
celkom dobrý {adj}not bad
namrzený {adj}bad-tempered
mrzutý {adj}bad-tempered
nevrlý {adj}bad-tempered
zápach {m}bad smell
podráždený {adj}bad-tempered
mrzuto {adv}bad-temperedly
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Usage Examples English
  • Depending on the story, the fox spirit's presence may be a good or a bad omen.
  • Comets also have been considered both good and bad omens. Halley's Comet was a "bad omen" for King Harold II of England but a "good omen" for William the Conqueror.
  • The assassins left after they saw a snake beneath Lucius' pillow, considering it as bad omen.
  • Eating or hurting your totem animal is a bad omen for those who share a totem.
  • In AD 58, the tree started to die, which was interpreted as a bad omen.

  • However, because Yetis sometimes act as enforcers of Dharma, hearing or seeing one is often considered a bad omen, for which the witness must accumulate merit.
  • Looking back from the deck of his ship, Aeneas sees the smoke of Dido's funeral pyre, and although he does not understand the exact reason behind it, he understands it as a bad omen, considering the angry madness of her love.
  • It is told that he once was ordered to subdue a rebel army, but his troops refused to fight as they had seen a large star fall from the sky and took this to be a bad omen.
  • In Persia and Arabia the raven was held as a bird of bad omen but a 14th-century Arabic work reports use of the raven in falconry.
  • Her tears are considered a bad omen for the gods by Indra, the god-king of heaven.

  • The foundry's smithies ("fondeurs") sing a sea-shanty, which Cellini sees as a bad omen.
  • It was often considered a bad omen, as it played havoc with compasses and equipment".
  • Several cultures have myths related to lunar eclipses or allude to the lunar eclipse as being a good or bad omen.
  • For the Dusun people of Borneo, the Oriental dwarf kingfisher is considered a bad omen, and warriors who see one on the way to battle should return home.
  • The ceremony had to be perfectly completed; it was widely held that the smallest of mistakes would constitute a bad omen for the whole nation in the coming year.

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