English Explanatory Dictionary

foreboding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sense of evil to come.
  2. An evil omen.
adj
  1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of forebode

Pronunciation

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Word forms

foreboding forebodings forboding more foreboding most foreboding

Etymology

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).

Synonyms

augury preboding inauspicious portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal foreboding ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicate nefastous omenic ominous brooding presageful presagious prodigious sinister star-crossed sullen

Derived words

forebodingly forebodingness unforeboding
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