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foreboding Definition and Meaning in English (foreboding definition)

noun
Synonyms:premonitionapprehensiondread
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Foreboding definition: A strong feeling or premonition that something unpleasant or disastrous is about to happen.

Definitions of Foreboding

  1. 1noun

    A strong feeling or premonition that something unpleasant or disastrous is about to happen.

  2. 2adjective

    Suggesting that something bad is going to happen; ominous.

Example Sentences

“She felt a deep sense of foreboding about the upcoming journey.”

“The silence in the abandoned factory had a foreboding quality.”

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Inflected Word Forms

infinitiveforebode
past tenseforeboded
adverbforebodingly

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Foreboding definition: A strong feeling or premonition that something unpleasant or disastrous is about to happen.
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'Foreboding' translates to 'foreboding' in English. Foreboding definition: A strong feeling or premonition that something unpleasant or disastrous is about to happen.
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