foreboding

Noun · Adjective
US[fawr-boh-ding]/fɔrˈboʊdɪŋ/3 syllables
Synonyms: premonitionpresentimentbodingfatefulportentous

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a feeling of evil to come“a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”“the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”Synonyms: premonitionpresentimentbodingType of apprehension, apprehensivenessKinds shadow, presage
  2. an unfavorable omenType of omen, portent

Adjective (1)

  1. ominously propheticSynonyms: fatefulportentousOpposite unpropheticSimilar prophetic, prophetical

Related words prognosticate verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fore·bod′ing noun

Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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