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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•bod•ing /fɔrˈboʊdɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. - a strong inner feeling of future misfortune or evil: [uncountable]It was a sense of foreboding.[countable]felt forebodings all day.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•bod•ing (fôr bō′ding, fōr-),USA pronunciation n. - a prediction;
portent. - a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.;
presentiment. adj. - that forebodes, esp. evil.
- 1350–1400; Middle English forbodyng (noun, nominal); see forebode, -ing1, -ing2
fore•bod′ing•ly, adv. fore•bod′ing•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: foreboding /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ/ n - a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc
- an omen or portent
adj - presaging something
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•bode (fôr bōd′, fōr-),USA pronunciation v., -bod•ed, -bod•ing. v.t. - to foretell or predict;
be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend:clouds that forebode a storm. - to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.);
have a presentiment of. v.i. - to prophesy.
- to have a presentiment.
fore•bod′er, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . foreshadow, presage, forecast, augur.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: forebode /fɔːˈbəʊd/ vb - to warn of or indicate (an event, result, etc) in advance
- to have an intuition or premonition of (an event)
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