English adjective: foreboding | |||
1. | foreboding ominously prophetic | ||
Synonyms | fateful, portentous | ||
Similar | prophetic, prophetical | ||
Antonyms | unprophetic | ||
English noun: foreboding | |||
1. | foreboding (feeling) a feeling of evil to come | ||
Samples | A steadily escalating sense of foreboding. The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case. | ||
Synonyms | boding, premonition, presentiment | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | presage, shadow | ||
2. | foreboding (event) an unfavorable omen | ||
Broader (hypernym) | omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication | ||