oracular

[ aw-rak-yuh-ler, oh-rak- ]

/ ɔˈræk yə lər, oʊˈræk- /

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adjective

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR oracular

1 prophetic.

2 authoritative, dogmatic.

4 equivocal.

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Origin of oracular

1625–35; <Latin ōrācul(um) oracle + -ar¹

OTHER WORDS FROM oracular

o·rac·u·lar·ly, adverbo·rac·u·lar·i·ty

[aw-rak-yuh-lar-i-tee, oh-rak-], /ɔˌræk yəˈlær ɪ ti, oʊˌræk-/, o·rac·u·lar·ness, noun

Words nearby oracular

orach, orache, oracle, oracle bones, oracles, oracular, oracy, orad, Oradea, ora et labora, oral

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|Time
They 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|DAILY BEAST
There was something oracular about that voice, something that sounded as old as time itself.
Levon Helm of The Band: Obituary|Malcolm Jones|April 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His comments are aphoristic or oracular, but often infused with wit.
Stephen Hawking 70th-Birthday Salute|Martin Rees|January 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Greenspan cultivated an oracular air, his utterances vague and technocratic yet hinting at shamanistic powers.
Bernanke's Arrogance Problem|Zachary Karabell|December 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
After this manifestation of spiritual presence, the priest within is prepared to give oracular responses.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
Unreasonably 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 Burnett
I 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

oracular

/ (ɒˈrækjʊlə) /

adjective

of or relating to an oracleApollo had his oracular shrine at Delphi

wise and prophetican oracular political thriller

mysterious or ambiguous

Derived forms of oracular

oracularly, adverb

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