foreboding — 英語詞典

名詞

1. A sense of evil to come.

   用法

   • 可數
   • 不可數

   近義詞與同義詞

   augurypreboding

   用例

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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.

   用法

   • 可數
   • 不可數

形容詞

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

   近義詞與同義詞

   inauspiciousportentous

   用例

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

形容詞

1. ominously prophetic

   近義詞與同義詞

   fatefulportentous

名詞

1. a feeling of evil to come

   近義詞與同義詞

   premonitionpresentimentboding

   上位詞

   apprehensionapprehensivenessdread

   用例

   a steadily escalating sense of foreboding

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

2. an unfavorable omen

   上位詞

   omenportentpresageprognosticprognosticationprodigy