foreboding
About 0.80 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A sense of evil to come.
- noun An evil omen.
- adjective Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
- verb present participle and gerund of forebode
Similar words
boding portentous presentiment premonition prophetical fateful prophetic omen presage understanding
Often followed by
of that and in as about the was to
Word family
forebodingly forebodingness forebodingnesses forebodings
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