Related Words for foreshadowing

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prophetic
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Adjective
allusion
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Noun
portent
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Noun
foretelling
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Verb
flashback
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Noun
symbolism
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Noun
denouement
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Noun
backstory
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Noun
harbinger
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Noun
prologue
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Noun
implication
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Noun
allegory
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Noun
subtext
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Noun
premonition
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Noun
revelation
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Noun
epilogue
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Noun
foreboding
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Noun
metaphor
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Noun
foreknowledge
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Noun
hinting
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Verb
prophecy
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Noun
prescience
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Noun
irony
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Noun
retrospect
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Noun
storyline
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Noun
climax
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Noun
misdirection
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Noun
foreseeing
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Verb
impending
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Adjective
paralleling
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Verb
spoiler
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Noun
climactic
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Adjective
exposition
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Noun
anticipating
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Verb
indication
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Noun
juxtaposition
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Noun
subplot
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Noun
epiphany
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Noun
anticipation
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Noun
inevitability
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Noun
dramatic
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Adjective
alluding
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Verb
intimations
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Noun
inkling
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Noun
redemptive
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Adjective
unsettling
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Adjective
sinister
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Adjective
apocalypse
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Noun
trope
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Noun
conceit
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Noun
understatement
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Noun
figure of speech
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Phrase, Noun
imagery
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Noun
anaphora
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Noun
antithesis
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Noun
digression
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Noun
figure
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Noun
symbology
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Noun
writing
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Noun
reference
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Noun
english
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Name
paradox
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Noun
metonymy
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Noun
device
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Noun
parenthesis
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Noun
quotation
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Noun
topos
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Noun
punctuation
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Noun
ellipsis
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Noun
innuendo
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Noun
rhythm
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Noun
pointing
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Verb
accommodation
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Noun
notation
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Noun
signifying
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Verb
intertextuality
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Noun
synecdoche
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Noun
soliloquy
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Noun
signpost
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Noun
antecedent
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Noun
poetry
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Noun
eerie
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Adjective
ironic
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Adjective
doom
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Noun
suspense
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Noun
typological
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Adjective
uncanny
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Adjective
dim
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Adjective
crucifixion
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Noun
faint
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Adjective
grim
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Adjective
fate
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Noun
disaster
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Noun
resurrection
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Noun
tragedy
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Noun
destiny
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Noun
vague
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Adjective
future
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Noun
remarkable
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Adjective
curious
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Adjective
events
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Noun
sacrifice
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Noun
evil
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Noun
christ
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Name
subtle
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Adjective
things
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Noun
bit
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Noun
pale
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Adjective
symbolic
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Adjective
tragic
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Adjective
death
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Noun
developments
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Noun
theme
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Noun
instance
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Noun
clear
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Adjective
jesus
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Name
victory
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Noun
passion
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Noun
strange
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Adjective
interesting
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
happen
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Verb
mere
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Adjective
kind
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Noun
doctrine
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Noun
career
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Noun
technique
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Noun
serves
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Verb
analogies
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Noun
arousing
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Noun, Adjective
arresting
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Adjective
beginning
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Noun, Adjective
bending
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Noun
capturing
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Verb
coincidence
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Noun
determinative
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Adjective, Noun
disquieting
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Adjective, Noun
disturbing
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Adjective
echo
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Noun, Verb
emblematic
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Adjective
filmic
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Adjective
forerunner
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Noun
foretaste
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Noun, Verb
hemostatic
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Adjective, Noun
lurking
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Noun
menacing
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Adjective, Noun
mnemonic
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Adjective, Noun
omen
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Noun, Verb
reminiscence
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Noun
resemblance
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Noun
revelatory
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Adjective
singularly
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Adverb
stemming
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Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
literally
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Adverb
tell
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Verb, Noun
anymore
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Adverb
expression
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
collocation
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
save
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun