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foreboding

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fore⋅bod⋅ing

  [fawr-boh-ding, fohr-]
Use foreboding in a Sentence
–noun
1. a prediction; portent.
2. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
–adjective
3. that forebodes, esp. evil.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME forbodyng (n.); see forebode, -ing 1 , -ing 2

Related forms:
fore⋅bod⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
fore⋅bod⋅ing⋅ness, noun

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

Related forms:
fore⋅bod⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. foreshadow, presage, forecast, augur.
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fore·bode   (fôr-bōd', fōr-)   
v.   fore·bod·ed, fore·bod·ing, fore·bodes

v.   tr.

  1. To indicate the likelihood of; portend: harsh words that foreboded estrangement.

  2. To have a premonition of (a future misfortune).

v.   intr.
To prophesy or predict.
fore·bod'er n.
fore·bod·ing   (fôr-bō'dĭng, fōr-)   
n.  

  1. A sense of impending evil or misfortune.

  2. An evil omen; a portent.

adj.  Marked by or indicative of foreboding; ominous.
fore·bod'ing·ly adv., fore·bod'ing·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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