foreboding

English

Alternative forms

• forboding (much less commonly used)

Etymology

fore- +‎ boding

Noun

foreboding (plural forebodings)

1. A sense of evil to come.
   • 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 41

     A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.

2. An evil omen.

Synonyms

• augury

Translations

sense of evil to come

• Bulgarian: прокоба (bg) (prokóba)
• Czech: zlá předtucha (cs) f
• French: mauvais pressentiment (fr) m
• German: Ahnung (de) f, Vorahnung (de) f
• Italian: brutto presentimento (it) m

• Portuguese: mau pressentimento (pt) m
• Romanian: presimțire rea (ro) f, presentiment rău (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian: zla slutnja (sh)
• Spanish: mal presentimiento (es)
• Turkish: malum olma (tr), önsezi (tr), sezi (tr)

evil omen

• Finnish: paha enne
• German: bange Ahnung (de) f
• Italian: malaugurio (it) m
• Portuguese: mau agouro (pt) m

• Romanian: piază (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian: predznak zla (sh)
• Turkish: içine doğma (tr), kötü his (tr)

Adjective

foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)

1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

Verb

foreboding

1. Present participle of forebode.