foreboding

Examples

• All

• "An old man," the boy said, and had a sudden foreboding that he was not going to enjoy the day.

  Fiction book (1998)

• He woke up trembling with fear and foreboding... and could not sleep for the rest of the night.

  London (1994)

• Yet, as reasonable as that analysis seemed, Anna still had a sense of foreboding.

  Fiction book (1998)

• A feeling of foreboding was creeping over me.

  It Runs in the Family (1994)

• But the meeting of November 4th had a marked air of grim foreboding.

  The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

• Queen Maya was filled with a strange foreboding, as if she knew that she too would not live to see her son's destiny fulfilled.

  Little Buddha (1993)

• "Is everything all right?" she asked him, disguising her anxious foreboding with lightness.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Looking at it, Jessica felt fear welling inside her, a foreboding that Dillon was a very changed man.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Coming back to Liadhe?" asked Kendra when the tears had stopped, though a terrible foreboding gripped her heart.

  Fiction book (2001)

• As the storm clouds gathered, a sense of foreboding filled the villagers, fearing the worst.

Synonyms

F

fear

vsforeboding

∞ 1.0

An unpleasant feeling of being afraid because something seems dangerous

is specifically a strong sense predicting a future bad event

B

bad feeling

vsforeboding

76 3.6

A sense that something bad may happen

is a stronger, clearer feeling that misfortune will happen

P

premonition

vsforeboding

74 7.7

A strong feeling that something bad will happen soon

is the same strong sense without extra nuance

D

dread

vsforeboding

58 2.8

A strong feeling of fear or worry about something that may happen

is more about an upcoming bad sense rather than general fear

A

apprehension

vsforeboding

32 4.4

A feeling of fear or worry that something bad may happen

is a firmer sense that a bad event will occur

T

trepidation

vsforeboding

23 8.1

A feeling of fear or worry about something that may happen

is a more definite sense of an upcoming unpleasant event

S

sinking feeling

vsforeboding

• Informal

9 4.5

A sudden strong worry that something bad will happen

is a steady strong sense rather than a sudden pang

P

presentiment

vsforeboding

1 9.1

A feeling that something bad is about to happen

is the same future warning but stated more as a firm sense

P

presage

vsforeboding

• Literature

1 8.7

A sign or feeling that something bad will happen

focuses on the inner sense rather than on outward signs

B

boding

vsforeboding

1 8.9

A feeling that something bad will happen

is the same feeling but often phrased more generally

A

apprehensiveness

vsforeboding

7.4

A feeling of worry or fear about something that might happen

is a stronger, clearer sense of an impending bad event

Antonyms

O

optimism

209 2.8

A tendency to expect good results and see the positive side of things

C

confidence

203 2.2

A belief that things will turn out well

How Ominous

premonition

74 7.7

foreboding

9 8.0

suspicion

39 2.3

feeling

∞ 1.0

inkling

33 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology