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noun

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verb

variants also forboding
present participle of forebode

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Recent Examples of foreboding
Adjective
The lack of demand has further applied downward pressure on freight rates—a foreboding sign for trucking companies. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025 And then, as if Canadians needed more reminders, his closing statement was blunt, foreboding and all about the American threat. Paula Newton, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
Even the objective comedy of this storyline is framed with foreboding, like the water gun fight. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025 Its reappearance on the American scene in the twenty-first century should be taken as a foreboding. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreboding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreboding
Adjective
  • If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
  • The ominous flyby will occur on Friday, April 13, 2029 — less than four years away.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Go prim and proper with a column silhouette from Emilia Wickstead, or lean into the fairytale feel with a floaty chiffon number from McQueen.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 30 June 2025
  • Fashion houses such as Hugo Boss and Michael Kors leverage these fibers’ sophisticated feel and drape for premium garments where tactile experience drives consumer perception of quality.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Appearances aren’t deceptive; the portents are grim.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025
  • Thus, the negative GDP change should not be taken as a portent of looming disaster.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • But there is a clinging dread and mystery in these stories that will stay with you.
    Drew Broussard July 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
  • For Lawler, the incident drove home the growing problem of space junk—and left her with a sense of dread that’s never quite gone away.
    Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • As one manifestation of Carter’s commitment, his administration began to oppose loans from international financial institutions to rights-abusing governments, promising to provide financial support only after these countries demonstrated concrete improvements on human rights.
    Michael Posner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Was Knies’ promising rookie season not necessarily a sign of things to come?
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Before long, his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 July 2025
  • He’s then forced to compete in a sinister game of hide-and-seek, where even more players are eliminated.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • There had actually been a premonition of this in the Angel’s Trumpet painting in his show at Zwirner last spring.
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 5 June 2025
  • Like its fatal forebears, Bloodlines kicks off with an ominous premonition of mass mortality, albeit one with a slight twist.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The killer is a man who, for all his delusions, pokes at the other men’s complacency and domesticity — making this thriller a forerunner of everything from Easy Rider to The Hitcher to Collateral. 20.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Here is a look at some of the most likely forerunners to serve as the 267th pope, according to public reporting.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Foreboding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreboding. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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