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Webster 1913 Edition
Foreboding
Fore-bod′ing
,Noun.
Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foreboding
FOREBO'DING
,ppr.
FOREBO'DING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
foreboding
foreboding
English
Alternative forms
- forboding (much less commonly used)
Noun
foreboding (plural forebodings)
- A sense of evil to come.
- 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 41
- A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
- 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 41
- An evil omen.
Synonyms
Translations
sense of evil to come
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evil omen
Adjective
foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)
- Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Verb
foreboding
- present participle of forebode