Complete Definition of "foreboding"

English

Noun
en-noun

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

Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|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.

Synonyms
augury

Translations
trans-top|Sense of evil to come
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|Evil omen
Finnish: paha enne
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Adjective
en-adj

  1. Of ominous significance.

Verb
foreboding

  1. present participle of|forebode

io:foreboding
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