2. Verb. (present participle of forbode) ¹
3. Noun. (alternative form of foreboding) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forboding
1. forbode [v] - See also: forbode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forboding
Literary usage of Forboding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1920)
""No, I am not; but love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives forboding.
Listen to me—let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes—be ..."
2. A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson (1918)
"... his Soldiers began presently to surround it, and whether the Devil appeared
to him in a Dream that Night, as he did unto Saul, forboding his tragical ..."
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