forebode

fore·bode

verb \(ˌ)fȯr-ˈbōd\

Definition of FOREBODE

transitive verb

1

: to have an inward conviction of (as coming ill or misfortune)

2

: foretell, portend

intransitive verb

: augur, predict

— fore·bod·er noun

Variants of FOREBODE

fore·bode also for·bode \(ˌ)fȯr-ˈbōd\

Examples of FOREBODE

1. <that police car parked outside the house doesn't forebode well>

First Known Use of FOREBODE

1603

Related to FOREBODE

Synonyms: augur, bode (also forbode), promise

Related Words: forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy; forewarn, warn; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee; betoken, foreshadow, harbinger, portend, prefigure, presignify; indicate, signify; allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest

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Rhymes with FOREBODE

abode, anode, bar code, boatload, busload, byroad, carload, cartload, caseload, cathode, church mode, commode, corrode, crossroad, dead load, decode, diode, displode, download, dress code, dynode, embowed, encode, epode, erode, explode, freeload, front-load, geode, high road, implode, inroad, live load, lymph node, no-load, off-load, outmode, payload, planeload, postcode, post road, railroad, rhapsode, sarod, shipload, side road, Silk Road, skid road, source code, spring-load, square-toed, tetrode, threnode, trainload, triode, truckload, unload, upload, zip code