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FOREBODING
fateful, foreboding, portentous
(adjective) ominously prophetic
foreboding
(noun) an unfavorable omen
foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
(noun) a feeling of evil to come; “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”; “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
foreboding (plural forebodings)
A sense of evil to come.
An evil omen.
Synonyms
• augury
Adjective
foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Verb
foreboding
present participle of forebode
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*bod"ing, n.
Definition: Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
FOREBODE
Fore*bode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreboding.] Etym: [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode v. t.]
1. To foretell.
2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.
Syn.
– To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.
Fore*bode", v. i.
Definition: To fortell; to presage; to augur. If I forebode aright. Hawthorne.
Fore*bode", n.
Definition: Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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