foreboding
A sense of evil to comeA sense of evil to come.
» Mary shrugged the sense of foreboding away.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A sense of evil to come.
Ahnung, Vorahnung
предчу́вствиеpredčúvstvije, дурно́е предчу́вствиеdurnóje predčúvstvije
a feeling of evil to come
(countable, uncountable)An evil omen.
bange Ahnung
предзнаменова́ниеpredznamenovánije, зна́мениеznámenije, предве́стник беды́predvéstnik bedý
an unfavorable omen
Examples
8 sentencesMary shrugged the sense of foreboding away.
Despite her foreboding, Mary entered the cellar.
A foreboding thundercloud formed in the sky.
With some foreboding, we entered the petrified forest.
After watching that film he was filled with a sense of foreboding.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare GermaFrom Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
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Forms
plural: forebodingsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a feeling of evil to come:premonitionpresentimentboding
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable