verb, -bod⋅ed, -bod⋅ing.| 1. | to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm. |
| 2. | to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.); have a presentiment of. |
| 3. | to prophesy. |
| 4. | to have a presentiment. |