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English adjective: foreboding

1. foreboding ominously prophetic


Synonymsfateful, portentous


Similarprophetic, prophetical


Antonymsunprophetic


English noun: foreboding

1. foreboding (feeling) a feeling of evil to come


SamplesA steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case.


Synonymsboding, 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









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