Definition of Foreboding

1. Noun. A feeling of evil to come. "The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

Exact synonyms: Boding, Premonition, Presentiment
Generic synonyms: Apprehension, Apprehensiveness, Dread
Specialized synonyms: Shadow, Presage
Derivative terms: Forebode

2. Adjective. Ominously prophetic.
Exact synonyms: Fateful, Portentous
Similar to: Prophetic, Prophetical
Derivative terms: Portent

3. Noun. An unfavorable omen.
Generic synonyms: Omen, Portent, Presage, Prodigy, Prognostic, Prognostication
Derivative terms: Forebode

Definition of Foreboding

1. n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Definition of Foreboding

1. Noun. A sense of evil to come. ¹

2. Noun. An evil omen. ¹

3. Adjective. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty. ¹

4. Verb. (present participle of forebode) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foreboding

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreboding

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
forebrain
forebrain eminence
forebrain prominence
forebrain vesicle

Literary usage of Foreboding

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

1. Washington and His Generals: Or, Legends of the Revolution by George Lippard (1847)
"Michael felt a dim, vague, yet horrible foreboding cross his heart. ... He laughed at his fears, "smiled that horrible foreboding to scorn. ..."

2. Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia: The Sources, Supply, and by Samuel White Baker (1868)
"A Foreboding OF EVIL. I HAD been for some hours in the camp, but none of the ... I had a foreboding that something was wrong, and in a few minutes I clearly ..."

3. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"... to tame Wit's feathered heels in the stern stocks of fact. A Foreboding. WHAT were the whole void world, if day, And make the hours that danced with ..."

4. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"There, plucking fruits from many a drooping bough, I stray'd, untroubled by foreboding doubt ... foreboding ..."

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