forebode
[fawr-bohd, fohr-]
- to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm.
- to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.); have a presentiment of.
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- to prophesy.
- to have a presentiment.
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Origin of forebode
Synonyms
See more synonyms for forebode on Thesaurus.com1. foreshadow, presage, forecast, augur.
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Examples from the Web for forebode
Contemporary Examples
The color has also been used to forebode an omen or a threat.
Historical Examples
Yes, it surely must be the banshee, and what does it forebode?
The Heir of KilfinnanW.H.G. Kingston
What should be the next arrow from her quiver she trembled to forebode.
The expression of her face was so tragic that it seemed to forebode evil.
A Country SweetheartDora Russell
Perhaps—but her tone did not forebode a cheerful conversation.
Mrs. Maxon ProtestsAnthony Hope
If she did not appear it might forebode the very worst of disasters.
Anxious AudreyMabel Quiller-Couch
forebode
- to warn of or indicate (an event, result, etc) in advance
- to have an intuition or premonition of (an event)
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Word Origin and History for forebode
v.
"feel a secret premonition," c.1600, from fore- + bode. Related: Foreboded; foreboding. Old English forebodian meant "to announce, declare."
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