foreboding — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A sense of evil to come.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   augurypreboding

   Examples

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   To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end.

   A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.

   I feel a slight foreboding about going home this year.

2. An evil omen.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Adjective

1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

   Synonyms

   inauspiciousportentous

   Examples

   Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next

Adjective

1. ominously prophetic

   Synonyms

   fatefulportentous

Noun

1. a feeling of evil to come

   Synonyms

   premonitionpresentimentboding

   Broader terms

   apprehensionapprehensivenessdread

   Examples

   a steadily escalating sense of foreboding

   the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case

2. an unfavorable omen

   Broader terms

   omenportentpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy