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foreboding Noun a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen
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foreboding noun 1. dread, fear, anxiety, chill, unease, apprehension, misgiving, premonition, presentiment, apprehensiveness noun 2. omen, warning, prediction, portent, sign, token, foreshadowing, presage, prognostication, augury, foretoken Translations 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 aavistus pressentiment תְּחוּשָה מְבַשֶׂרֶת רָעוֹת भविष्यवाणी slutnja, nagovještaj rossz előérzet firasat buruk fyrirboði presentimento 予感 불길한 예감 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 预感(灾祸等) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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