Foreboding synonyms and antonyms

fôr-bō'dĭng

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dread
Something dreaded
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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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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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fear
​(uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
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apocalypse
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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sinister
A feeling of impending evil
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thundercloud
A large dark cloud charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a cumulonimbus cloud.
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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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clairvoyance
Keen perception or insight
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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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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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precautional
Precautionary
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prenotification
Notification in advance
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prewarning
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promising
To commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow.
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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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auguring
To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell.
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threatening
To menace, or be dangerous.
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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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wistfulness (related)
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somber (related)
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greyness (related)
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despondency (related)
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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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warning (related)
Advice to be cautious:
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apocalyptic
Of or like an apocalypse
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apprehensive
Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
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gloomy
A feeling of impending evil
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predict
To say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events)
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boding
An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.
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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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divination
The definition of a divination is the practice of telling of the future or a prophecy.
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feeling
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
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portent
(Archaic) Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.
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precognition
(Scotland) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.
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prediction
The definition of a prediction is a forecast or a prophecy.
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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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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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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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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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esp
The supposed ability to perceive events and information by means other than the physical senses.
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divining
To render divine; to deify.
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providence (antonym)
The careful governance and guidance of god (another deity, nature etc.). [from 14th c.]
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  • She wandered around the house with a foreboding that this was the last time she would see it.

  • He did not know why, but he felt a foreboding that he would not carry out his intention.

  • He felt the sense of foreboding again, the unseen danger toward Katie.

  • Sofia shrugged the sense of foreboding away and stuffed her hands into her pockets.

  • Despite his foreboding, he left the chamber and sent word for Vara to meet him at the main gate.

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