soothsaying
soothsaying
nounDefinition of SOOTHSAYING
a declaration that something will happen in the future <took the soothsayings published in the tabloids with a grain of salt>
Synonyms auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination
Related Words foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise
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