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    foreboding
    /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ/

    noun

    adjective

    • 1. implying that something bad is going to happen: "when the Doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFOREBODING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    FOREBODING definition: 1. a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: 2. a feeling that something very bad…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › forebodingForeboding Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    How to use foreboding in a sentence. the act of one who forebodes; also : an omen, prediction, or presentiment especially of coming evil : portent… See the full definition

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › forebodingForeboding - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A foreboding is a glimpse or a feeling that bad things are going to happen. It's a premonition, or look into the future. Most times foreboding implies that something evil is coming, but sometimes it's used for anything bad up ahead, as in "she had a foreboding that the trip would get canceled due to the hurricane." Even if the future looks ...

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › forebodingFOREBODING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. a prediction; portent. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment. adjective. that forebodes, especially evil. foreboding. / fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ / noun. a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc. an omen or portent. adjective. presaging something. Discover More. Derived Forms. foreˈbodingness, noun.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › forebodeForebode Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune); foretell, portend; augur, predict… See the full definition

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFOREBODING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: sense of foreboding There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out. Her forebodings about the future were to prove justified. [ + (that) ] He had a strange foreboding (that) something would go wrong. Synonym. dread (FEAR) Compare.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFOREBODING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe something as foreboding, you mean that it makes you feel that something terrible is going to happen. Prisons like Strangeways, built more than 100 years ago, were intended to look grim and foreboding places.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishforeboding noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    foreboding. noun. /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ/. /fɔːrˈbəʊdɪŋ/. [uncountable, countable] a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen. She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. The letter filled him with foreboding.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › forebodingForeboding - definition of foreboding by The Free Dictionary

    Define foreboding. foreboding synonyms, foreboding pronunciation, foreboding translation, English dictionary definition of foreboding. a prediction; a portent of future misfortune; presentiment: She had a foreboding that there would be an accident.

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › forebodeFOREBODE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Forebode definition: to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend. See examples of FOREBODE used in a sentence.