Foreboding

Synonyms for "foreboding" (277 found)

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Closest matches (56)

abusiveactuarial predictionadvance noticeaffect affection agitated agitationall oversall-overish all-overs angst anticipation anxietyanxiety hysteriaanxiety neurosisanxiousanxious benchanxious concernanxious seatanxioused up

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Adjective(2 words)

aguish creepiest

Noun(6 words)

anxiety anxious apprehension augur betokening boding

Strong matches (83)

Noun(6 words)

darkness dread dreading foredoom foreshadow glowering

denunciation denunciatory dire disquiet disquieted disquietude distress disturbance disturbed doomful doubt dread dreary emotionemotional chargeemotional shadeempty threatevil evil-starred experience

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fateful fearfear inspiringfear-inspiring fearful feelingfeeling toneforebodingness forecast forecasting forefeeling foreknowing foreknowledge forerunning foreseeability foreshadowing foreshowing foresight foretelling foretoken forewarning forewisdomfunny feelinggloomy grim guessworkgut reactionheartthrob hectoring hunchidle threatill ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred imminence imminentimplied threatimpression improbabilityin a puckerin a stewinauspicious inquietude intimation intimidating intimidation intuitionintuitive impressionlowering

Adjective(4 words)

dreaded fateful haunted impending

Verb(2 words)

foreshadowed impended

Related words (138)

malaise menace menacing minacious minatory misgiving nervousnervous strainnervous tensionnervousnessof evil portentomen ominouson tenterhooksoveranxiety overanxious overapprehensive passion perturbation perturbed

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pins and needlesplenty of noticeportending portent portentous preapprehension precautional precautionary precautioning precognition precursive precursory prediction prefiguration prefigurement prefiguring premonition premonitory prenotice prenotification prenotion presage presaging prescience presentiment preshowing presignifying prewarning probability prodromal prodromicprofound senseprognosis prognostic prognostication promisepromise of harmprophecy prophesying prospectus pucker qualm qualmishness reaction responsesaber rattlingsensation sense sentiment sign sinister solicitous solicitude somber sombre soothsay speculationstatistical predictionstew strain strained suspense suspenseful suspicionsword of damoclestense tension terroristic terrorizing threat threatening threateningness threatful threatfulness trouble troubled undercurrent uneasiness uneasy unfavorable unfortunate unlucky unpromising unpropitious unquietness untoward upsetvague feelingvague ideavaticination vexation warning zeal zealous

Noun(20 words)

misgiving omen ominous portend portent portentousportuguese ominosopredict premonition presage presentiment presentiments prognosticate sinking threatening thunderclouds unease uneasy unsettling warning

Adjective(4 words)

ominous toneportentous shadowier spookier

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6 relation types

More general

22 entries

affect apprehension apprehensiveness dreademotional descriptoremotional stateforecast indicate indication indicator moodmood descriptoromen portent predict presage

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More specific

14 entries

anxious anticipationcatastrophe disaster doom dread omenominous signportentportentous signpremonition presentiment sign uneaseuneasy mood

Collocations

10 entries

brewing forebodingdeep forebodingforeboding atmosphereforeboding feelingforeboding lookforeboding moodforeboding omenforeboding signforeboding tonesense of foreboding

Inflections

5 entries

foreboded forebodes forebodingsmore forebodingmost foreboding

Derivations

4 entries

forebode forebodingly forebodingness forebodings

similar

2 entries

prophetic prophetical

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Mary walked along the river with a foreboding that this was the last time she would walk anywhere as a free woman.

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Mary shrugged the sense of foreboding away.

Source: tatoeba (4400702)

Despite her foreboding, Mary entered the cellar.

Source: tatoeba (4400703)

I have a foreboding that something dangerous lies in store for us in that cave.

Source: tatoeba (4400705)

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