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- Dictionaryforebode/fɔːˈbəʊd/
verb
- 1. (of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad): archaic "this lull foreboded some new assault upon him"
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The meaning of FOREBODE is to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune). How to use forebode in a sentence.
a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: sense of foreboding There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out. Her forebodings about the future were to prove justified. [ + (that) ] He had a strange foreboding (that) something would go wrong. Synonym. dread (FEAR) Compare.
IPA guide. Other forms: foreboding; foreboded; forebodes. Definitions of forebode. verb. make a prediction about; tell in advance. synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise. see more.
to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm. Synonyms: augur, forecast, presage, foreshadow. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.); have a presentiment of.
transitive verb. 1. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend. clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, catastrophe, etc.); have a presentiment of. intransitive verb. 3.
foreboding. noun. /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ/. /fɔːrˈbəʊdɪŋ/. [uncountable, countable] a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen. She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. The letter filled him with foreboding.
1. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; portend: clouds foreboding a storm. 2. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil, etc.); have a presentiment of. v.i. 3. to prophesy. 4. to have a presentiment. [1595–1605] fore•bod′er, n.
