How is the phrase de mauvais augure translated from French to English

English translation
Portentous
adjective

Qui semble annoncer que quelque chose de mauvais va arriver.

Seeming to warn that something bad will happen.

Examples with “de mauvais augure”

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  • Il y eut un silence de mauvais augure. — There was a portentous silence.

  • Le ciel semblait de mauvais augure avant l'orage. — The sky looked portentous before the storm.

  • Le rêve était-il de mauvais augure, ou seulement étrange ? — Was the dream portentous, or just strange?

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