foreboding
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foreboding
- /fɔɹˈbɔʊdɪŋ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
noun forebodings · forboding
adjective more foreboding · most foreboding · forboding
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Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next
Similar: inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, foreboding, ill-boding
verb forboding
- present participle and gerund of forebode
Translations
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noun sense of evil to come
| Español | mal presentimiento |
|---|---|
| Português | mau pressentimento |
| Français | mauvais pressentiment, mauvais présage |
| Deutsch | Ahnung, Vorahnung |
| Italiano | brutto presentimento |
| Română | presimțire rea, presentiment rău |
| Русский | предчу́вствие predčúvstvije, дурно́е предчу́вствие durnóje predčúvstvije |
noun evil omen
| Português | mau agouro |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | bange Ahnung |
| Italiano | malaugurio |
| Română | piază |
| Русский | предзнаменова́ние predznamenovánije, зна́мение známenije, предве́стник беды́ predvéstnik bedý, плоха́я приме́та ploxája priméta |
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