foreboding

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a feeling of evil to come
  2. noun an unfavorable omen
  3. verb make a prediction about; tell in advance

Etymology

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).

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Synonyms

premonition, presentiment, boding

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