Synonyms for foreboding
fɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr-fore·bod·ing

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1. forebodingnoun

   Synonyms:
   augury

2. forebodingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   augury

3. forebodingnoun

   An evil omen.

   Synonyms:
   augury

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1. foreboding

   Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

   Synonyms:
   antepast, anticipation, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

   Antonyms:
   astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

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1. foreboding, premonition, presentiment, bodingnoun

   a feeling of evil to come

   "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

   Synonyms:
   forewarning, premonition, presentiment, boding

   Antonyms:
   unprophetic

2. forebodingadjective

   an unfavorable omen

   Synonyms:
   premonition, presentiment, boding

   Antonyms:
   unprophetic

3. fateful, foreboding(a), portentousadjective

   ominously prophetic

   Antonyms:
   unprophetic

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1. forebodingnoun

   Synonyms:
   prognostication, presage, omen, augury

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1. forebodingnoun

   Synonyms:
   premonition, presentiment, augury, prescience, foreknowledge

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1. List of paraphrases for "foreboding":

   apprehension, premonition

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How to use foreboding in a sentence?

1. A.E. Samaan:

   I see foreboding and foreshadowing... Sunrise to sunset in your eyes.

2. Lars Pilø:

   Fieldwork will continue as long as there is ice left in the high mountains, i do feel a deep sense of foreboding doing this type of work.

3. Aeschylus:

   I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.

4. Tom Rhodes:

   A very foreboding sign, the journalist was killed just three days after President Salva Kiir threatened to target journalists before departing for peace talks in Addis Ababa, it is still too early to tell whether there is a link but this tragedy will certainly cast a pall over independent reporting in the country as South Sudanese journalists are increasingly forced to self-censor as a means of survival.

5. Glenn Stutzky:

   As I look across what’s happening in the world, there’s almost a certain foreboding that we could probably fairly quickly move to an apocalyptic situation in our future while we’re still living here, people may have that shadow in the background.