foreboding
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noun \-ˈbō-diŋ\Definition of FOREBODING
See Examples of FOREBODING
- She was filled with a sense of foreboding.
- It seems that her forebodings were justified.
First Known Use of FOREBODING
14th century
Related to FOREBODING
- Synonyms
- premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostication
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2foreboding
adjectiveDefinition of FOREBODING
: indicative of or marked by foreboding
— fore·bod·ing·ly \-diŋ-lē\ adverb
— fore·bod·ing·ness noun
Examples of FOREBODING
- <foreboding war clouds began to gather>
First Known Use of FOREBODING
1630
Related to FOREBODING
- Synonyms
- baleful, dire, direful, doomy, ominous, ill, ill-boding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, portentous, sinister, threatening
- Antonyms
- unthreatening
Other Occult Terms
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