Foreboding synonyms

Something dreaded

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Any of various Jewish and Christian pseudonymous writings (c. 200 b.c.-c. a.d. 300) depicting symbolically the ultimate destruction of evil and triumph of good

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presentiment

The definition of a presentiment is a feeling of foreboding or an intuitive feeling about something bad that will happen in the future.

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portent

(Archaic) Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.

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fear

(uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

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sinister

A feeling of impending evil

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prediction

The thing predicted or foretold

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anticipation (related)

The definition of anticipation is the state of being happy and excited about something upcoming.

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sign (related)

A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command:

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oracular

Like an oracle; wise, prophetic, mysterious, etc.

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premonitory

Serving as a warning.

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apprehension

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

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warning (related)

Advice to be cautious:

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apocalyptic

Of or like an apocalypse

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foretelling

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presentient

Not yet having achieved sentience.

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prophetic

Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet

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foreknowledge

Knowing beforehand, prescience, foresight, precognition

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foreshadowing

It can be seen through a hint, or shadow, of what will happen later in the story.

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handwriting-on-the-wall

(Idiomatic) alternative form of writing on the wall A divine prediction or sentence to fate.

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omen

Prognostication; portent:

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prognostication

A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.

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bode

To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend; to presage; to foreshow.

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forecast

To estimate or calculate in advance; predict or seek to predict (weather, business conditions, etc.)

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foreshadow

To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]

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foretell

To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.

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prognosticate

To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.

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prophesy

To prefigure or foreshadow:

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vaticinate

To prophesy; foretell.

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forewarning

An advance warning; an omen.

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thundercloud

A large dark cloud charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a cumulonimbus cloud.

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gathering clouds

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storm-clouds

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fateful

Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:

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premonition

A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.

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boding

An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.

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precautional

Precautionary

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prenotification

Notification in advance

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prewarning

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anticipating

The definition of anticipate is to complete a task before a deadline.

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predicting

To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge:

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prophesying

To reveal by divine inspiration.

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foreseeing

To anticipate; to predict.

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forebode (related)

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forboding (related)

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melancholy (related)

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bleakness (related)

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somber (related)

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despondency (related)

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apprehensive

Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy

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predict

To say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events)

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prognosticating

To presage, betoken.

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hunch (related)

A theory, idea, or guess.

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adumbrated

(Comparable) Obscured.

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divinatory

Pertaining to divination.

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portentous

That portends evil; ominous

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presageful

Full of presages; ominous.

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pythonic

Of or like an oracle; prophetic

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adumbration

A faint sketch; an outline, a brief representation.

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anxiety

Anxiety can be a symptom of mental illness characterized by feelings of nervousness or distress without a noticeable cause.

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augury

(By extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.

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clairvoyance

Keen perception or insight

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divination

The definition of a divination is the practice of telling of the future or a prophecy.

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esp

The supposed ability to perceive events and information by means other than the physical senses.

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feeling

Sensation, particularly through the skin.

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gloomy

A feeling of impending evil

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precognition

(Scotland) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.

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presage

(Rare) A prediction

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presagement

The act or art of presaging; a foreboding.

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prescience

Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.

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soothsaying

The art or practice of foretelling events.

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adumbrate

The definition of adumbrate is to suggest beforehand or to vaguely foreshadow.

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augur

To be an omen (of); presage

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auspicate

To foreshow; to foretoken.

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betoken

Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

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portend

Portend is defined as to be a warning or signal of.

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prefigure

To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.

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presignify

To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.

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good-omen (antonym)

misgiving, bad omen

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luck (antonym)

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

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fortune (antonym)

Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:

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threat

The definition of a threat is a statement of an intent to harm or punish, or a something that presents an imminent danger or harm.

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foresight (related)

The definition of foresight is the ability to see or plan for what will happen in the future.

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prodromic

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promising

To commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow.

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calling

To declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee:

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presaging

To foretell or predict.

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portending

To be an omen or warning of; foreshadow; presage

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divining

To render divine; to deify.

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auguring

To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell.

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threatening

To menace, or be dangerous.

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wistfulness (related)

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greyness (related)

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prophecy

A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.

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fatidic

(Now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic

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bespeak

To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.

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providence (antonym)

The careful governance and guidance of god (another deity, nature etc.). [from 14th c.]

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