foreboding

fɔːrˈboʊdɪŋ

Definition

Definition of foreboding - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

intuitionstrong feeling something bad will happen

She had a foreboding about the upcoming storm.

apprehension

dread

premonition

predictionomen or sign of something bad to come

The black crow was a foreboding of the troubles ahead..

omen

portent

Adjective

ominous feelinggiving a feeling that something bad will happen

The dark clouds looked foreboding.

ominous

portentous

threatening

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Origin of foreboding

Old English, fore (before) + bodian (to announce)

Terms with foreboding included in their meaning

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dark and stormy

adj.

mood

evoking a sense of danger or foreboding

ominous

adj.

foreboding

suggesting something bad will happen

blood moon

metaphor

ominous or foreboding event or situation

apocalyptical

adj.

disaster

foreboding massive destruction or disaster

presage

foreboding

sense of what is about to happen

Death Valley

sports

nickname for a foreboding stadium

ominousness

foreboding

quality of suggesting something bad will happen

presentiment

foreboding

feeling something bad will happen soon

Examples of foreboding in a sentence

His foreboding was confirmed when the project failed.
The eerie silence was a foreboding of danger.
Dark clouds were a foreboding of the storm.
The abandoned house had a foreboding atmosphere.
Her foreboding words left everyone uneasy.

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French:pressentiment, menaçant, ...
German:Vorahnung, unheilvoll, ...
Italian:presentimento, inquietante, ...
Spanish:presentimiento, amenazante, ...
Portuguese:pressentimento, ameaçador, ...
Chinese:不祥的预感, 不祥的, ...
Japanese:不吉な予感, 不吉な, ...
Arabic:هاجِس, مُشْؤوم, ...
Hebrew:חֲשָׁשׁ, מְבַשֵּׂר רָעוֹת, ...
Russian:предчувствие, зловещий, ...
Ukrainian:передчуття, зловісний, ...
Hindi:बुरा पूर्वाभास, अनिष्टसूचक, ...
Bengali:অশুভ আশঙ্কা, আশঙ্কাজনক, ...
Catalan:mal pressentiment, amenaçador, ...
Czech:předtucha, zlověstný, ...
Danish:forudanelse, truende, ...
Dutch:voorgevoel, onheilspellend, ...
Greek:προαίσθημα, δυσοίωνος, ...
Hungarian:baljós előérzet, baljós, ...
Khmer:អារម្មណ៍អាក្រក់ជាមុន, គួរឱ្យព្រួយបារម្ភ, ...
Korean:불길한 예감, 불길한, ...
Persian:دلشوره, شوم, ...
Polish:przeczucie, złowieszczy, ...
Portuguese (BR):pressentimento, ameaçador, ...
Romanian:presentiment, amenințător, ...
Swedish:föraning, olycksbådande, ...
Thai:ลางสังหรณ์, น่าวิตก, ...
Turkish:önsezi, uğursuz, ...
Vietnamese:dự cảm, đầy điềm gở, ...

forebode

fɔːrˈboʊd

Definition of forebode - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

warning

tr.

warn of an event in advance

tr.

The eerie silence seemed to forebode danger.

portend

predict

intuition

tr./intr.

have an intuition about something bad happening

tr./intr.

She could forebode trouble coming their way.

portend

predict

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Origin of forebode

Old English, fore (before) + bodian (announce)

Examples of forebode in a sentence

The old tales forebode a tragic ending.
He could forebode the storm approaching with uncanny accuracy.
The eerie silence seemed to forebode a disaster.

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French:présager, pressentir, ...
German:verheißen, ahnen, ...
Italian:presagire, intuire, ...
Spanish:presagiar, presentir, ...
Portuguese:pressagiar, pressentir, ...
Chinese:预示, 预感, ...
Japanese:予感させる, 予感する, ...
Arabic:نَذَرَ, أَنْذَر, ...
Hebrew:לְנַבֵּא רָעָה, לַחֲשׁוֹשׁ, ...
Russian:предвещать, предчувствовать, ...
Ukrainian:передвіщати, передчувати, ...
Hindi:अशुभ संकेत देना, अशुभ का पूर्वाभास होना, ...
Bengali:পূর্বাভাস দেওয়া, অমঙ্গল আশঙ্কা করা, ...
Catalan:presagiar, pressentir, ...
Czech:předznamenávat, tušit, ...
Danish:varsle, ane, ...
Dutch:voorspellen, aanvoelen, ...
Greek:προμηνύω, προαισθάνομαι, ...
Hungarian:előre jelez, megérezni, ...
Khmer:ព្រមានជាមុន, មានអារម្មណ៍ថាមានរឿងអាក្រក់នឹងកើតឡើង, ...
Korean:미리 경고하다, 예감하다, ...
Persian:خبر دادن, بدی را پیش‌بینی کردن, ...
Polish:zwiastować, przeczuwać, ...
Portuguese (BR):pressagiar, pressentir, ...
Romanian:a prevesti, a presimți, ...
Swedish:förebåda, ana, ...
Thai:บอกเหตุ, มีลางสังหรณ์, ...
Turkish:haber vermek, önsezide bulunmak, ...
Vietnamese:báo trước, dự cảm, ...

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Definition of foreboding - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

Adjective

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