Forebode

//fɔːˈbəʊd//

Synonyms for "forebode" (75 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

15 translations across 9 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μαντεύομαι verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Bulgarian

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  • вещая verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

German

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  • ahnen verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))
  • voraussehen verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Italian

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  • presagire verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))
  • vaticinare verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Latin

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  • polliceor verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))
  • portendō verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))
  • praesāgīo verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Norwegian

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  • varsle verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Russian

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  • предвеща́ть verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Spanish

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  • presagiar verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Swedish

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  • förebåda verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))
  • varsko verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))
  • varsla verb (to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device))

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This does not forebode anything good for you.

Source: tatoeba (10624886)

There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart.

Source: wiktionary

Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Caesar's death.

Source: wiktionary

Here sits he shaping wings to fly: / His heart forebodes a mystery: / He names the name Eternity.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.