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单词 forebodes
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forebode

verb

fore·​bode (ˌ)fȯr-ˈbōd How to pronounce forebode (audio)
variants or less commonly forbode
foreboded also forboded; foreboding also forboding; forebodes also forbodes

transitive verb

1
: to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune)
… she looked eagerly in his face, not quick to forebode evil, but unavoidably conscious that the state of the family had changed … Nathaniel Hawthorne
2
: foretell, portend
Such dark clouds forebode a storm.

intransitive verb

: augur, predict
foreboder noun

Synonyms

  • augur
  • bode
  • promise
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Example Sentences

the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest
Recent Examples on the Web Mild humor about the micronation’s pretensions to real statehood seems especially vaporous on the imposing set (by Andrew Boyce) and amid the foreboding ocean roar of Jane Shaw’s sound design. New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019 The illustrations of these ecological tragedies are foreboding but oddly serene, and the message is simple: don’t litter, recycle, plant trees. The Editors, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2020 Here at the dawn of 2020, though, the mirror of science fiction has a more somber and foreboding reality to reflect back to us. Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2020 The United States’ wars in the Middle East have slogged on, with plenty of tense and foreboding moments, for about as long as most teenagers have been alive. New York Times, 5 Jan. 2020 The dialogue crackles, but what comes next is as important: Mark jogging through the dark campus back to his dorm as Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s foreboding score builds in the background. David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2019 The remote, desolate lighthouse that Winslow (Robert Pattinson) moves into at the start of the film would be foreboding enough without those dreary, shuddering honks. David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2019 This kind of ominous, vague, foreboding comments from the president. NBC News, 19 Nov. 2019 In short, jobs remain plentiful enough that consumers don't share the sense of foreboding that many CEOs feel. Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

forebodes

verb

variants also forbodes
present tense third-person singular of forebode
as in predicts
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • predicts
  • promises
  • bodes
  • augurs
  • presages
  • forecasts
  • anticipates
  • indicates
  • implies
  • warns
  • foretells
  • bids fair
  • portends
  • forewarns
  • prognosticates
  • prophesies
  • foresees
  • foreshadows
  • betokens
  • harbingers
  • prefigures
  • hints
  • alludes
  • foreknows
  • divines
  • connotes
  • suggests
  • intimates
  • signifies
  • presignifies
  • insinuates
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