Definition of Foreboder

1. n. One who forebodes.

Definition of Foreboder

1. Noun. (archaic) an oracle; one who tells the future. ¹

2. Noun. Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foreboder

1. one that forebodes [n -S] - See also: forebodes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreboder

forebeams
forebear
forebearance
forebearer
forebearers
forebears
forebeat
forebelief
forebemoaned
forebitt
forebitts
forebode
foreboded
forebodement
forebodements
foreboder
foreboders
forebodes
forebodies
foreboding
foreboding(a)
forebodingly
forebodingness
forebodings
forebody
foreboom
forebooms
forebore
forebrace
forebraces

Literary usage of Foreboder

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

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Behint the Chicken cavie : . The Jolty Beggars. R. VU. Foreboder. And be an ill foreboder ; ... Extent. ..."

2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"To prognosticate; to foretell; to foreknow ; to feel a secret sense of something future with a mixture of dread and apprehension : foreboder is a soothsayer ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... the whole length of a ship. To FOREARM, (fore-arm') va To provide for attack or resistance before the time of need. Foreboder, (fore-bode'-er) n.«. ..."

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