to augur ill

verbliterário/ɐɡowˈɾaɾ/literário

a·gou·rar

Definition

To foretell or predict something bad; to bode ill.

The village elders would augur ill when the wind blew from the north.

Don't try to augur ill for our project with negative thoughts.

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Common collocations

to augur illto bode ill

Do latim *augurare* (adivinhar, pressagiar).