What is "foreboding" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does foreboding mean in English? Meaning of foreboding definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "foreboding" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "foreboding": a feeling of evil to come

Noun

Meaning: a feeling of evil to come

Example: a steadily escalating sense of foreboding the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case

Synonyms: boding foreboding premonition presentiment

Hyponyms: presage shadow

Hypernyms: apprehension apprehensiveness dread

Meaning of "foreboding": ominously prophetic

Adjective

Meaning: ominously prophetic

Synonyms: fateful foreboding portentous

Similar: prophetic prophetical

Meaning of "foreboding": an unfavorable omen

Noun

Meaning: an unfavorable omen

Synonyms: foreboding

Hypernyms: omen portent presage prodigy prognostic prognostication

Adjective: A sense of evil to come. 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 41 A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 41 A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.An evil omen.

Synonyms:

apprehension, premonition, dread, anxiety, prognostic, prophecy, augury, prediction, warning, fear, chill, presage, forewarning, presentiment, portent, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, foretoken, foreshadowing, vibes, apprehensiveness, bad vibes, prenotion, sinking feeling, wind change,

What is "foreboding" in English? Definition and Explanations

What is "foreboding" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "foreboding": a feeling of evil to come

Noun

Meaning of "foreboding": ominously prophetic

Adjective

Meaning of "foreboding": an unfavorable omen

Noun

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