foreboding Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a feeling of evil to come
   boding; presentiment; premonition.
   
   • a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
   • the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
2. noun an unfavorable omen
   
3. verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
   predict; anticipate; forebode; foretell; call; promise; prognosticate.
   
   • Call the outcome of an election
4. adjective satellite ominously prophetic
   fateful; portentous.
   

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