forbode

verb

for·​bode

less common spelling of forebode

transitive verb

1

: to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune)

… she looked eagerly in his face, not quick to forebode evil, but unavoidably conscious that the state of the family had changed …

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

2

: foretell, portend

Such dark clouds forebode a storm.

intransitive verb

: augur, predict

Kids Definition

forbode

variant of forebode