oracular
of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority.
uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
ambiguous; obscure.
portentous; ominous.
Origin of oracular
1Other words for oracular
Other words from oracular
- o·rac·u·lar·ly, adverb
- o·rac·u·lar·i·ty [aw-rak-yuh-lar-i-tee, oh-rak-], /ɔˌræk yəˈlær ɪ ti, oʊˌræk-/, o·rac·u·lar·ness, noun
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How to use oracular in a sentence
Above all, in times such as these, beware those who speak with oracular certainty.
How to Make Sense of the Stock Market's Turbulent Year So Far | Zachary Karabell | February 3, 2022 | TimeThey make the Court an oracular interpreter of the 225-year-old Constitution that serves as the most basic American law.
God Save the United States From This Anti-Democratic Court | Jedediah Purdy | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was something oracular about that voice, something that sounded as old as time itself.
His comments are aphoristic or oracular, but often infused with wit.
Greenspan cultivated an oracular air, his utterances vague and technocratic yet hinting at shamanistic powers.
After this manifestation of spiritual presence, the priest within is prepared to give oracular responses.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftUnreasonably to the others, Michael did not object very much to Wilmot's oracular addresses on the delights of youth.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie"I would na be surprised," he observed with oracular amiability.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettI suppose I remembered it for its oracular sound, and because I was not intended to listen.
The Heir of Redclyffe | Charlotte M. Yonge"Nothing offends a woman so much as to be afraid of offending her," was her oracular reply, as she flitted over the sill.
Love in a Cloud | Arlo Bates
British Dictionary definitions for oracular
/ (ɒˈrækjʊlə) /
of or relating to an oracle: Apollo had his oracular shrine at Delphi
wise and prophetic: an oracular political thriller
mysterious or ambiguous
Derived forms of oracular
- oracularly, adverb
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