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Synonyms for handwriting the wall
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : hand-rahy-ting |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhændˌraɪ tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for handwriting the wall Other synonyms for the word handwriting the wall
- anxiety
- apprehensiveness
- augury
- bad vibes
- bodement
- boding
- break
- caution
- chance
- chill
- clue
- cup
- danger sign
- destination
- destine
- destiny
- divine will
- doom
- end
- ending
- fear
- foreboding
- foreordain
- foreshadowing
- foretoken
- forewarning
- fortune
- funny feeling
- handwriting on the wall
- horoscope
- hunch
- inescapableness
- inevitability
- karma
- kismet
- Lady Luck
- lot
- luck
- Moirai
- nemesis
- portent
- portents and evils imminent
- portion
- predestinate
- predestination
- predestine
- predetermine
- prediction
- preindication
- premonition
- prenotion
- preordain
- presage
- presentiment
- prognostic
- prognostication
- prophecy
- providence
- sign
- signal
- sinking feeling
- stars
- termination
- threat
- upshot
- vibes
- warning
- warning sign
- wheel of fortune
- wind change
- writing on the wall
Définition of handwriting the wall
Origin :- c.1500, from hand (n.) + writing, translating Latin manuscriptum. Hand in the sense of "handwriting, style of writing" is from late 14c.
- An ordinary note in his [Horace Greeley's] handwriting is said to have been used for a long time as a railroad pass, then as a servant's recommendation, and finally taken to a drug-store as a doctor's prescription. ["Frank Leslie's Magazine," August 1884]
- As in kismet : noun fate, fortune
- As in portent : noun indication, forewarning
- As in sign of things to come : noun omen
- As in handwriting on the wall : noun impending misfortune
- As in fate : noun predetermined course
- As in foreboding : noun misgiving, bad omen
- As in predestinate : verb fate
- As in predestine : verb fate
Antonyms for handwriting the wall
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