to forebode

Examples

• All

• Her anxious expression seemed to forebode bad news when the door opened.

• Dark clouds forebode a storm.

• Some critics forebode a decline in the housing market next year.

• The dark clouds forebode an approaching storm.

• The eerie silence seemed to forebode trouble for the expedition.

• The sudden silence foreboded trouble ahead.

• The dark clouds gathered in the sky, foreboding a storm before the evening.

Synonyms

P

to predict

vsto forebode

812 3.0

To say what will happen in the future

adds a stronger sense that the future event is likely to be unpleasant

A

to anticipate

vsto forebode

109 3.2

To expect that something will happen

is more focused on indicating likely unpleasant or bad future events

F

to foresee

vsto forebode

77 3.9

To know or expect something before it happens

carries a clearer warning tone about unpleasant events rather than mere expectation

F

to forecast

vsto forebode

54 2.5

To say what will probably happen using information, for example about weather or business

leans more toward warning about bad future events than neutral estimation

F

to foretell

vsto forebode

41 7.0

To say what will happen in the future

highlights expectation of unpleasant future events rather than general forecasting

F

to foreshadow

vsto forebode

16 6.2

To give a small sign that something will happen in the future

places stronger emphasis on future bad or unpleasant outcomes

B

to bode

vsto forebode

16 7.2

To be a sign that something good or bad will happen

focuses more on predicting negative or unpleasant events rather than neutral signs

P

to portend

vsto forebode

• Formal

13 8.4

To show that something, often bad, will probably happen

points more to unpleasant future events generally rather than only disasters

P

to prognosticate

vsto forebode

• Formal

3 9.3

To say what will happen in the future using clues

stresses expected unpleasantness rather than simply using evidence for forecasts

F

to foreshow

vsto forebode

• Archaic

9.9

Predict an event from a sign or dream

relies less on supernatural source and more on general indication of bad events

P

to previse

vsto forebode

• Archaic

9.9

To know something before it happens

adds a clearer negative or worrying implication about that future sight

A

to annunciate

vsto forebode

• Literature

9.9

To show that something will happen soon

is more about warning of unpleasantness than formal announcement of events

A

to auspicate

vsto forebode

• Archaic

9.9

To say what will happen by reading signs

puts stronger weight on predicting unpleasant or bad events rather than neutral signs

How Ominous

to portend

• Formal

13 8.4

to forebode

8.4

to foreshadow

16 6.2

to hint

136 2.0

to suggest

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology