foreboding

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• forboding (much less commonly used)

[edit] Noun

foreboding (plural forebodings)

1. A sense of evil to come.
2. An evil omen.

[edit] Quotations

• 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• augury

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)

1. Of ominous significance.

[edit] Verb

foreboding

1. Present participle of forebode.