- FOREBODING: BAD FOREBODING
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FOREBODING: BAD FOREBODING
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foreboding — [n] misgiving, bad omen anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, bad vibes*, chill, dread, fear, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling*, handwriting on the wall*, portent, prediction, premonition, prenotion, presage,… … New thesaurus
foreboding — [fôr bōd′iŋ, fôr′bōd΄iŋ] n. [OE forebodung] a prediction, portent, or presentiment, esp. of something bad or harmful adj. characterized by foreboding SYN. OMINOUS forebodingly adv … English World dictionary
foreboding — (n.) late 14c., a predilection, portent, omen, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + verbal noun from BODE (Cf. bode). Meaning sense of something bad about to happen is from c.1600. Old English forebodung meant prophecy … Etymology dictionary
foreboding — n. 1) a gloomy foreboding 2) a foreboding that + clause (I have a foreboding that there will be a bad storm) * * * [fɔː bəʊdɪŋ] a gloomy foreboding a foreboding that + clause (I have a foreboding that there will be a bad storm) … Combinatory dictionary
foreboding — fore|bod|ing1 [ fɔr boudıŋ ] noun uncount a strong unpleasant feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon foreboding fore|bod|ing 2 [ fɔr boudıŋ ] adjective LITERARY making you feel that something bad will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bad — Synonyms and related words: OK, abhorrent, abominable, abomination, ace high, ailing, alarming, amiss, apocalyptic, arrant, atrocious, atrocity, bad for, bad smelling, badly, baleful, bane, baneful, bang up, barfy, base, befoulment, below par,… … Moby Thesaurus
foreboding — fore|bod|ing [fo:ˈbəudıŋ US fo:rˈbou ] n [U] a strong feeling that something bad is going to happen soon ▪ She waited for news with a grim sense of foreboding … Dictionary of contemporary English
foreboding — noun 1) a feeling of foreboding Syn: apprehension, anxiety, trepidation, disquiet, unease, uneasiness, misgiving, suspicion, worry, fear, fearfulness, dread, alarm; informal the willies, the heebie jeebies, the jitters, the creeps … Thesaurus of popular words
foreboding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. portent; presentiment, premonition, apprehension. See prediction, warning, threat. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A feeling of impending evil] Syn. premonition, dread, presentiment; see anticipation 2 , hunch … English dictionary for students
foreboding — I UK [fɔː(r)ˈbəʊdɪŋ] / US [fɔrˈboʊdɪŋ] noun [uncountable] a strong unpleasant feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon II UK [fɔː(r)ˈbəʊdɪŋ] / US [fɔrˈboʊdɪŋ] adjective literary making you feel that something bad will happen … English dictionary
foreboding — Synonyms and related words: abusive, actuarial prediction, advance notice, affect, affection, agitated, agitation, all overish, all overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat,… … Moby Thesaurus
