foreboding

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Adjective foreboding has 1 sense

fateful, foreboding, portentous - of ominous significance
Antonym: unprophetic (indirect, via prophetic)

Noun foreboding has 2 senses

foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
--₁ is a kind of apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
--₁ has particulars: shadow; presage
Derived form: verb forebode₁
foreboding - an unfavorable omen
--₂ is a kind of omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy

Derived form: verb forebode₁

Verb forebode has 1 sense

predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
--₁ is one way to guess, venture, pretend, hazard

Derived forms: noun foreboding₁, noun foreboding₂
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Foreboding

Noun:

Definition: a feeling that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Example sentence: The dark clouds and eerie silence filled her with a sense of foreboding.

Adjective:

Definition: implying or suggesting something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Example sentence: The foreboding atmosphere of the haunted mansion sent shivers down her spine.

Verb:

Definition: to have a premonition or anticipation of something bad or unwelcome