Definition of Forebodings

1. Noun. (plural of foreboding) ¹

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Definition of Forebodings

1. foreboding [n] - See also: foreboding

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forebodings

forebemoaned
forebitt
forebitts
forebode
foreboded
forebodement
forebodements
foreboder
foreboders
forebodes
forebodies
foreboding
foreboding(a)
forebodingly
forebodingness
forebodings (current term)
forebody
foreboom
forebooms
forebore
forebrace
forebraces
forebrain
forebrain eminence
forebrain prominence
forebrain vesicle
forebrains
forebring
foreby
forebye

Literary usage of Forebodings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick (1854)
"On the apprehensions and forebodings of the mind, when under the influence of ... The apprehensions of the mind, and its fearful forebodings of futurity, ..."

2. Forty Years of Diplomacy by Roman Romanovich Rosen (1922)
"CHAPTER XXX forebodings of a European war—Russia's ... I must state that these sinister forebodings, from which I could not free myself, were not solely ..."

3. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"GLOOMY forebodings OF THE FUTURE. sure; he was long afterwards accused in the Craftsman of having made a collusive bargain with the Bank, and concerted his ..."

4. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"... and were filled with gloomy forebodings of the result.24 Their comrades in camp soon caught the infectious spirit of despondency, which was not lessened ..."

5. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1884)
"Sir Henry Clinton advances upon Charleston.— Lincoln prepares for Defense. — Commodore Whip- pie.— Governor Rutledge. — forebodings of Washington. ..."

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