foreboding

Meanings

Noun

  • A sense of evil to come.
  • An evil omen.

Adjective

  • Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + boding. Compare German Vorbote.

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