Definitions of foreboding [ɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr-]

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Definition of 'foreboding'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) foreboding
a prediction; portent.

2. foreboding
a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.

3. (adj.) foreboding
of or indicating foreboding, esp. of evil.

Etymology: (1875–80)

Definition of 'foreboding'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
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. (adj) foreboding
an unfavorable omen

3. (adj) fateful, foreboding(a), portentous
ominously prophetic

Definition of 'foreboding'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) foreboding
presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune

2. foreboding
of Forebode

Translation of 'foreboding'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a feeling that something bad is going to happen He has a strange foreboding that he will die young.
Afrikaans: voorgevoel; voorspooksel	Arabic: تَشاؤُم ، تَطَيُّر، إحساس	Bulgarian: лошо предчувствие
Brazilian: pressentimento	Czech: předtucha	German: die Ahnung
Danish: forudanelse	Greek: κακό προαίσθημα	Spanish: presentimiento
Estonian: halb eelaim(d)us	Farsi: احساس نگرانی	Finnish: ennakkoaavistus
French: pressentiment	Hebrew: תְּחוּשָה מְבַשֶׂרֶת רָעו	Hindi: भविष्यवाणी
Croatian: slutnja, nagovještaj	Hungarian: rossz előérzet	Indonesian: firasat buruk
Icelandic: fyrirboði	Italian: presentimento	Japanese: 予感
Korean: 예감, 전조	Lithuanian: bloga nuojauta	Latvian: priekšnojauta
Malay: firasat buruk	Dutch: voorgevoel	Norwegian: bange anelser, forutanels
Polish: przeczucie	Persian: احساس نگرانی	Pashto: پریشانی
Portuguese: pressentimento	Romanian: presimţire	Russian: дурное предчувствие
Slovak: predtucha	Slovenian: zla slutnja	Serbian: predosećaj
Swedish: föraning	Thai: ความรู้สึกที่ว่าจะมีเหตุร	Turkish: önsezi, içe doğma
Taiwanese: 預感(災禍等)	Ukrainian: недобре передчуття	Urdu: کچھ برا ہونے کا اندیشہ
Vietnamese: sự báo trước; điềm	Chinese: 预感（灾祸等）
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