Antonyms for foreboding

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fawr-boh-ding, fohr-

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr-

Definition of foreboding

Origin : late 14c., "a predilection, portent, omen," from fore- + verbal noun from bode. Meaning "sense of something bad about to happen" is from c.1600. Old English forebodung meant "prophecy."

noun misgiving, bad omen

Example sentences :

But there is one subject, on which my mind is filled with foreboding.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

As the fair Rosa, with foreboding doubt, had foretold, so it happened.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

She was weary—weary from exertion and disappointment and foreboding.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

The foreboding was not as definite, but it was always with him; he could not shake it off.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Perhaps already some foreboding of the nature of its contents was in his mind.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

Instead of being glum and pessimistic and foreboding, he was chipper and enthusiastic.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

He felt a sense of foreboding; nothing pleasant awaited him.
Extract from : « Pygmalion's Spectacles » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

Elizabeth had a foreboding that she would never see him again.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

Nor was it long before Leonore's foreboding proved itself to be right.
Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

She could not rid herself of a feeling of foreboding and discomfort.
Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

Synonyms for foreboding

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