foreboding

Speech parts

1. foreboding - Noun

2. foreboding - Adjective

3. foreboding - Verb

5. foreboding - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Forebode

Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fateful premonition portentous presentiment boding signal eldritch portent prognostic sign concern fear warning cloud anxiety
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Antonyms

golden bliss serenity content composed controlled
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Hypernyms

portent prognostic apprehension dread prodigy omen

Hyponyms

shadow presage

Examples

I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. Aeschylus

As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood. Enoch Powell

With a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together by ignorance on the one side and hypocrisy on the other. Edith Wharton

My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war. Daniel Ellsberg

Egypt imbued the view with a heavy sense of mystery and foreboding. Michael Crichton

There is a dark foreboding in thy speech; Thine eyes flash fearfully a moody joy That augurs a new downfall. Whence arise These desperate hopes, that seem to make thee fond Of lowest misery? Hartley Coleridge

Close letter words and terms

forebode forebodement foreboder forebodingly forebodingness forebody