foreboding Definition
fore·bod·ing (fôr bōd′iŋ, fôr′bōd′-)
noun
a prediction, portent, or presentiment, esp. of something bad or harmful
Etymology: OE forebodung
adjective
characterized by foreboding
foreboding Related Forms
fore·bod′·ingly adverb
foreboding Synonyms
foreboding
n.
A feeling of impending evil
premonition, dread, presentiment; see anticipation 2, hunch 2.An omen
prediction, portent, prophecy; see sign 1, warning.
foreboding Usage Examples
Preposition: of
evil: Yet Dawn is unable to quell her forebodings of evil.
Converse of object
- have: At the end of the novel, Danny has a foreboding about the forthcoming era, marked by the arrival of the Red Army.
- feel: I must confess that I did not feel the slightest foreboding.
Adjective modifier
- gloomy: It powerfully suggests the coming Passion, being full of dark and gloomy foreboding.
- dark: Need to create a sense of dark foreboding at what might envelope the lead character, use a dream sequence.
- grim: Jesus goes with grim foreboding, expecting to suffer.
- such: Is this day of high and solemn gratulation, to be turned to such forebodings as these?
- more: It's a downbeat experience, and the presence of those nets with the trapped and decaying fish makes it all the more foreboding.
- sad: The light heart which nature had given me became heavy with sad forebodings.
Modifies a noun
- sense: The camera focuses on the star, giving a foreboding sense of the horror to come.
- place: The manor was a grim, black, foreboding place.
- feeling: Suddenly, he was filled with a foreboding feeling.
- presence: The foreboding presence of the Ark building prompts thoughts of spooky surveillance, of a world where function has defeated form.
- wood: Explore five diverse environments including icy and snowy regions, mountains with breathtaking vistas, deep and foreboding woods, and rain-spattered cliffs.
- atmosphere: This is in contrast to the harsh, barbaric sections of his music, which evoke a primal and foreboding atmosphere.
Modifying Another Word
rather: The MRI and CT scanners are large and rather foreboding - they can also make a rather threatening noise when they are working.
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