foreboding

English

Alternative forms

• forboding (much less commonly used)

Noun

foreboding (plural forebodings)

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

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.

Synonyms

• augury

Translations

Sense of evil to come

Bosnian: zla slutnja (bs) Bulgarian: прокоба (bg) (prokóba) French: mauvais pressentiment (fr) m.

Italian: brutto presentimento (it) m. Portuguese: mau pressentimento (pt) m. Spanish: mal presentimiento (es)

Evil omen

Bosnian: predznak zla (bs) Finnish: paha enne

Italian: malaugurio (it) m. Portuguese: mau agouro (pt) m.

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.