verb

1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

2. (followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.

Synonyms: foreshow, portend, presage

noun

1. An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.

adjective

1. Portending, ominous.