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foreboding

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fore·bod·ing  (fôr-bdng, fr-)
n.
1. A sense of impending evil or misfortune.
2. An evil omen; a portent.
adj.
Marked by or indicative of foreboding; ominous.

fore·boding·ly adv.
fore·boding·ness n.

foreboding [fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ]
n
1. a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc.
2. an omen or portent
adj
presaging something
forebodingly  adv
forebodingness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.foreboding - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
shadow - a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen
2.foreboding - an unfavorable omen
omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, presage, prodigy - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
Adj.1.foreboding - ominously prophetic
prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

foreboding
noun
2. omen, warning, prediction, portent, sign, token, foreshadowing, presage, prognostication, augury, foretoken No one paid any attention to their gloomy forebodings.
Translations
foreboding [fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ] Npresentimiento m
to have a foreboding thatpresentir que ...
to have forebodingstener un presentimiento or una corazonada

foreboding [fɔːrˈbəʊdɪŋ] n [person] → appréhension f
a sense of foreboding → une appréhension

foreboding
n (= presentiment)(Vor)ahnung f, → Vorgefühl nt; (= feeling of disquiet)ungutes Gefühl
adj lookUnheil verkündend

foreboding [fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ] n(cattivo) presagio, presentimento
foreboding [fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ] n(cattivo) presagio, presentimento

foreboding
n foreboding [foːˈboudiŋ]
a feeling that something bad is going to happen He has a strange foreboding that he will die young. voorgevoel; voorspooksel تَشاؤُم ، تَطَيُّر، إحساس بأن شرّا سوف يَحْدُث лошо предчувствие předtucha forudanelse die Ahnung κακό προαίσθημα presentimiento halb eelaim(d)us احساس نگرانی ennakkoaavistus pressentiment תְּחוּשָה מְבַשֶׂרֶת רָעוֹת भविष्यवाणी slutnja, nagovještaj rossz előérzet firasat buruk fyrirboði presentimento 予感 예감, 전조 bloga nuojauta priekšnojauta firasat buruk voorgevoel bange anelser, forutanelse przeczucie pressentimento pre­simţire дурное предчувствие predtucha zla slutnja predosećaj föraning ความรู้สึกที่ว่าจะมีเหตุร้ายเกิดขึ้น önsezi, içe doğma 預感(災禍等) недобре передчуття کچھ برا ہونے کا اندیشہ sự báo trước; điềm


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The long absence of the uncle and nephew had occasioned some disquiet in the minds of all whom they had left behind them; and the more, as, during the preceding dialogue, the uncle had more than once elevated his voice, so as to be heard downstairs; which, though they could not distinguish what he said, had caused some evil foreboding in Nancy and her mother, and, indeed, even in Jones himself.
She jested with Mary's father about the coming union between the two families, without one serious thought of the future--without even a foreboding of what might happen when my father returned.
Raoul, with pessimistic foreboding, was convinced that there were only girls next door.
 
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