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forebodings

noun

plural of foreboding
1
as in presentiments
a feeling that something bad will happen I have this strange foreboding that your ski vacation will not turn out well, so be extra careful

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2
as in portents
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event used to think that if he saw a blackbird fly over his left shoulder it was a foreboding of harm

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forebodings
  1. premonitions
  2. portents
  3. feels
  4. predictions
  5. suspicions
  6. omens
  7. prognostications
  8. hints
Noun
  • But Naipaul reminds us about how ubiquitous premonitions of catastrophe and doom were in the 1970s.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
Definition of premonitions
Noun
  • Always alert to mood swings, Hollywood this week is coping with some dauntingly positive portents.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026
  • But there is reason for hope, because the season-one finale of Widow’s Bay is like a beacon in the dark, and all the signs and portents are lining up.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Definition of portents
Noun
  • Friday’s forecast calls for the feels-like temperature to hit triple digits across much of North Georgia.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Porcelli said high temperatures this Labor Day weekend in South Florida will hover around the low-90s, with feels-like temps between 105 and 108.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of feels
Noun
  • In contrast, all there is of the future is our predictions, hopes, and beliefs about what might happen, which are again states of our minds in the present.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The league is also asking prediction markets to stop offering predictions on officiating, such as how many flags will be thrown.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of predictions
Noun
  • Beijing assisted with a major upgrade of the base, and the United States has voiced its suspicions that China was granted special but secret privileges there.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • On Wednesday, Koval released a statement on her official Instagram page, confirming suspicions that her choice to walk away from the Tigers stemmed from Mulkey acquiring 17-year-old Russian center Anna Minaeva.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of suspicions
Noun
  • No omens, no fear—just another extraordinarily beautiful experience locked into memory.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Black cats can be seen as bad omens, sometimes associated with witches and with the old superstition to not let a black cat cross your path.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of omens
Noun
  • Evans, a 6-foot-6 guard from Duke, said he wasn’t offended by prognostications that place him late in the first round.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Not that these prognostications are wrong.
    — Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of prognostications
Noun
  • And markets have reacted swiftly to his public signals of peace or hints of progress.
    — Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • While there is no water vapor, JWST has picked up hints of solid particles of crystalline water-ice.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of hints
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“Forebodings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forebodings. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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