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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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  3. greek.mythologyworldwide.com › the-underworldsThe Underworld’s Role in the Evolution of Greek Mythical Themes

    1 day ago · In the earliest Greek texts, particularly in the works of Homer, the Underworld is depicted as a dark and foreboding place. Homer’s descriptions in the “Iliad” and “Odyssey” present the Underworld as a land where the souls of the deceased linger, often reflecting the nature of their lives on Earth.

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    Sep 15, 2024 · Descriptive Adjectives Definition. Descriptive adjectives are words that change nouns by providing additional details. They tell you more about the noun’s characteristics, whether it’s size, shape, color, mood, or even a sensory experience. These adjectives answer the questions: What kind? Which one? How many?

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionaryCambridge Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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  6. www.ohchr.org › en › statements-and-speechesIn Austria, Türk calls on humanity’s capacity to connect and ...

    1 day ago · It is steeped in foreboding and aching despair. Zweig killed himself in 1942: he could no longer be alive in a world that, he was certain, was ending. And yet, just three years later, an entirely different world began to take shape, led by the UN Charter and lit by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  7. www.britannica.com › topic › motivationMotivation | Definition, Examples, Psychology, Types, & Facts

    6 days ago · motivation, forces acting either on or within a person to initiate behaviour. The word is derived from the Latin term motivus (“a moving cause”), which suggests the activating properties of the processes involved in psychological motivation.

  8. www.britannica.com › science › emotionEmotion | Definition, Examples, Scope, Structures, & Facts

    Sep 18, 2024 · emotion, a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behaviour that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs.