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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Coffee Trivia

Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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