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Foreboding Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Foreboding has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a feeling of evil to come

"a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"

"the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

2

an unfavorable omen

3

A sense of evil to come.

Verb
1

present participle of forebode

Adjective
1

ominously prophetic

2

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

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