English dictionary
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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 | ||
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