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foreboding

[fawr-boh-ding, fohr-] Origin

fore·bod·ing

[fawr-boh-ding, fohr-]
noun
1.
a prediction; portent.
2.
a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
adjective
3.
that forebodes, especially evil.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English forbodyng (noun); see forebode, -ing1, -ing2

fore·bod·ing·ly, adverb
fore·bod·ing·ness, noun
un·fore·bod·ing, adjective

forbidding, foreboding.
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fore·bode

[fawr-bohd, fohr-] verb, -bod·ed, -bod·ing.
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to prophesy.
4.
to have a presentiment.

Origin:
1595–1605; fore- + bode

fore·bod·er, noun
un·fore·bod·ed, adjective

forbade, forbid, forbidden, forebode (see synonym note at forbid).


1. foreshadow, presage, forecast, augur.

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foreboding (fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ)
 
n
1.  a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc
2.  an omen or portent
 
adj
3.  presaging something
 
fore'bodingly
 
adv
 
fore'bodingness
 
n

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foreboding
late 14c., "a predilection, portent, omen," from fore + verbal noun from bode. Meaning "sense of something bad about to happen" is from c.1600.
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forebode
"feel a secret premonition," c.1600, from fore + bode. Cf. also foreboding.
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