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    fore·bod·ing
    /fôrˈbōdiNG/

    noun

    adjective

    • 1. implying or seeming to imply that something bad is going to happen: "when the Doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFOREBODING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    FOREBODING definition: 1. a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: 2. a feeling that something very bad…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › forebodingForeboding Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of FOREBODING is the act of one who forebodes; also : an omen, prediction, or presentiment especially of coming evil : portent. How to use foreboding in a sentence.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › forebodingForeboding - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    A foreboding is a glimpse or a feeling that bad things are going to happen. It's a premonition, or look into the future. Most times foreboding implies that something evil is coming

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › forebodingFOREBODING Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Foreboding definition: a prediction; portent.. See examples of FOREBODING used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFOREBODING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    FOREBODING meaning: 1. a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: 2. a feeling that something very bad…. Learn more.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › forebodeForebode Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of FOREBODE is to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune). How to use forebode in a sentence.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFOREBODING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe something as foreboding, you mean that it makes you feel that something terrible is going to happen. Prisons like Strangeways, built more than 100 years ago, were intended to look grim and foreboding places.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishforeboding noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of foreboding noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen. She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. The letter filled him with foreboding. He knew from her face that his forebodings had been justified.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › forebodingForeboding - definition of foreboding by The Free Dictionary

    Define foreboding. foreboding synonyms, foreboding pronunciation, foreboding translation, English dictionary definition of foreboding. a prediction; a portent of future misfortune; presentiment: She had a foreboding that there would be an accident.

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionforeboding noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. The letter filled him with foreboding. He knew from her face that his forebodings had been justified.