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- DictionaryFore·bod·ing/fôrˈbōdiNG/
noun
- 1. fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen: "with a sense of foreboding she read the note"
adjective
- 1. implying or seeming to imply that something bad is going to happen: "when the Doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding"
noun. a prediction; portent. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment. adjective. that forebodes, especially evil. foreboding. / fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ / noun. a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc. an omen or portent. adjective. presaging something. Discover More. Derived Forms. foreˈbodingness, noun.
foreboding. noun. /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ/ /fɔːrˈbəʊdɪŋ/ [uncountable, countable] a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen. She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. The letter filled him with foreboding. He knew from her face that his forebodings had been justified. Extra Examples. Topics Danger c2.
a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: sense of foreboding There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out. Her forebodings about the future were to prove justified. [ + (that) ] He had a strange foreboding (that) something would go wrong. Synonym. dread (FEAR) Compare.
A foreboding is a foretelling, a sign or a glimpse, that "something wicked this way comes" — or might come. If something doesn’t "bode" well, it means that the future doesn't look good. A foreboding is a glimpse or a feeling that bad things are going to happen.
1. a prediction; portent. 2. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment. adj. 3. of or indicating foreboding, esp. of evil.
foreboding. noun. /fɔrˈboʊdiŋ/. [uncountable, countable] a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. The letter filled him with foreboding. He knew from her face that his forebodings had been justified.
verb (used with object) , fore·bod·ed, fore·bod·ing. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm. Synonyms: augur, forecast, presage, foreshadow. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.); have a presentiment of. verb (used without object)
