foreboding
- a prediction; portent.
- a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
- that forebodes, especially evil.
Origin of foreboding
forebode
- 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.
- to prophesy.
- to have a presentiment.
Origin of forebode
Synonyms for forebode
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for foreboding
apprehension, premonition, dread, anxiety, prognostic, prophecy, augury, prediction, warning, fear, chill, presage, forewarning, presentiment, portent, foretoken, foreshadowing, vibes, apprehensiveness, prenotionExamples from the Web for foreboding
Contemporary Examples of foreboding
The sense of foreboding mounted by the day as IS fighters surrounded the Sinjar district on three sides.
How the U.S.-favored Kurds Abandoned the Yazidis when ISIS AttackedChristine van den Toorn
August 17, 2014
There was one foreboding clue as to what was to come for the house members.
Plus the moors where she lives—all cascading waterfalls and glowing fairies and foreboding thorns—are rather lovely to look at it.
The Ghastly ‘Maleficent’ and Why It’s Time For Hollywood to Kill the Dark RebootAndrew Romano
May 31, 2014
And their deaths have heightened the tensions and the sense of foreboding that something bigger and more brutal may happen soon.
On August 15, 1982, Mary appeared with a foreboding message.
Historical Examples of foreboding
But there is one subject, on which my mind is filled with foreboding.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
As the fair Rosa, with foreboding doubt, had foretold, so it happened.
The Black TulipAlexandre Dumas (Pere)
She was weary—weary from exertion and disappointment and foreboding.
Pee-wee HarrisPercy Keese Fitzhugh
The foreboding was not as definite, but it was always with him; he could not shake it off.
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
Perhaps already some foreboding of the nature of its contents was in his mind.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
foreboding
- a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc
- an omen or portent
- presaging something
forebode
- to warn of or indicate (an event, result, etc) in advance
- to have an intuition or premonition of (an event)
Word Origin and History for foreboding
forebode
"feel a secret premonition," c.1600, from fore- + bode. Related: Foreboded; foreboding. Old English forebodian meant "to announce, declare."