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foreboding Definition


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forebode
verb, tr & intr foreboded, foreboding
    old use:
    1. To foretell; to prophesy.
      Thesaurus: predict, foreshadow, foretell, warn, forewarn, presage, portend, import, indicate, promise.
    2. To have a premonition of something, or that something will happen, especially something bad.
Derivative: foreboding
noun
    A feeling of approaching trouble.
      Example: She had a foreboding that the journey would be difficult
      Thesaurus: foreshadowing, premonition, prediction, sign, warning, fear, dread, omen, misgiving, augury, chill.
Etymology: 17c: fore- + bode1.



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