Synonyms for foreboding
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-boh-ding, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr- |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for foreboding
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