foreboding

Meaning

Noun

1. A sense of evil to come.
2. An evil omen

Adj

Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

Verb

present participle and gerund of forebode

forebode

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

premonition

presentiment

presage

augury

omen

hunch

portent

foretoken

portentous

inauspicious

ominous

ill-omened

foreshadowing

misgiving

indication

auspice

sign

harbinger

prognostication

boding

fateful

intuition

unlucky

inkling

ill-omende

forewarning

feeling

bodement

portending

fancy

daydream

cue

clue

baleful

abode

reverie

anxiety

sinister

threatening

rain clouds

vision

dark clouds

memory

imagination

gloominess

Translations

Vorahnung

presentimento

pressentiment

Ahnung

presentimiento

pressentimento

Vorgefühl

presagio

présage

voorgevoel

pressentiment

mau agouro

malaugurio

ahnend

προαίσθημα

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forbodyng

Cognate with German: Vorbote

In summary

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).