In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
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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