noun
Meaning 1
A person who brings bad news.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bearer of bad news
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
bird of ill omen
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History
Etymology
- presumably from Ancient Roman augury
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: ocell de mal averany — a person who brings bad news
- Finnish: pahanilmanlintu — a person who brings bad news
- French: oiseau de mauvais augure — a person who brings bad news
- French: oiseau de malheur — a person who brings bad news
- German: Unheilsbote — a person who brings bad news
- Hungarian: vészmadár — a person who brings bad news
- Irish: éan mí-áidh — a person who brings bad news
- Italian: uccellaccio — a person who brings bad news
- Polish: posłaniec złych wieści — a person who brings bad news
- Spanish: pájaro de mal agüero — a person who brings bad news
- Spanish: agorero — a person who brings bad news
- Turkish: felaket tellalı — a person who brings bad news
- Turkish: kuzguncu — a person who brings bad news