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Definition of Foreboding
1. Noun. A feeling of evil to come. "The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
Generic synonyms: Apprehension, Apprehensiveness, Dread
Specialized synonyms: Shadow, Presage
Derivative terms: Forebode
2. Adjective. Ominously prophetic.
3. Noun. An unfavorable omen.
Derivative terms: Forebode
Definition of Foreboding
1. n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
Definition of Foreboding
1. Noun. A sense of evil to come. ¹
2. Noun. An evil omen. ¹
3. Adjective. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of forebode) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foreboding
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreboding
Literary usage of Foreboding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Washington and His Generals: Or, Legends of the Revolution by George Lippard (1847)
"Michael felt a dim, vague, yet horrible foreboding cross his heart. ... He laughed
at his fears, "smiled that horrible foreboding to scorn. ..."
2. Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia: The Sources, Supply, and by Samuel White Baker (1868)
"A foreboding OF EVIL. I HAD been for some hours in the camp, but none of the ...
I had a foreboding that something was wrong, and in a few minutes I clearly ..."
3. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"... to tame Wit's feathered heels in the stern stocks of fact. A foreboding.
WHAT were the whole void world, if day, And make the hours that danced with ..."
4. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"There, plucking fruits from many a drooping bough, I stray'd, untroubled by
foreboding doubt ... foreboding ..."
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