foreboding — [fôr bōd′iŋ, fôr′bōd΄iŋ] n. [OE forebodung] a prediction, portent, or presentiment, esp. of something bad or harmful adj. characterized by foreboding SYN. OMINOUS forebodingly adv … English World dictionary
Foreboding — Fore*bod ing, n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreboding — index admonition, apprehension (fear), caution (warning), expectation, fear, misgiving, pessimisti … Law dictionary
foreboding — (n.) late 14c., a predilection, portent, omen, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + verbal noun from BODE (Cf. bode). Meaning sense of something bad about to happen is from c.1600. Old English forebodung meant prophecy … Etymology dictionary
foreboding — n misgiving, presentiment, *apprehension Analogous words: *foretoken, presage, omen, portent, augury, prognostic: forewarning, warning (see WARN) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
foreboding — [n] misgiving, bad omen anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, bad vibes*, chill, dread, fear, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling*, handwriting on the wall*, portent, prediction, premonition, prenotion, presage,… … New thesaurus
foreboding — ► NOUN ▪ fearful apprehension. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ ominous. DERIVATIVES forebodingly adverb … English terms dictionary
foreboding — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, deep VERB + FOREBODING ▪ feel, have ▪ I felt a gloomy foreboding that something was going to go wrong. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
foreboding — n. 1) a gloomy foreboding 2) a foreboding that + clause (I have a foreboding that there will be a bad storm) * * * [fɔː bəʊdɪŋ] a gloomy foreboding a foreboding that + clause (I have a foreboding that there will be a bad storm) … Combinatory dictionary
foreboding — [[t]fɔː(r)bo͟ʊdɪŋ[/t]] forebodings 1) N VAR Foreboding is a strong feeling that something terrible is going to happen. His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding. 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as foreboding, you mean… … English dictionary
