forebode

Meaning

Verb

1. To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.

Noun

prognostication; presage

Synonyms

predict

portend

foretell

presage

prognosticate

anticipate

betoken

promise

foreshadow

call

indicate

foresee

prefigure

divine

forecast

augur

have a presentiment

prelude

intuit

bode

devise

foreshow

foretoken

herald

adumbrate

omen

prophesy

scent out

smell out

typify

vaticinate

wind

have a premonition

Translations

vorhersagen

prever

prédire

ahnen

predire

presagire

pronosticare

présager

voorspellen

presagiar

predir

pressentir

prévoir

pronostiquer

voraussagen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɔːˈbəʊd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: foreboden

Inherited from Old English: forebodian

In summary

From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.