Forebode

Word FOREBODE
Character 8
Hyphenation fore bode
Pronunciations /fɔːˈbəʊd/

Definitions and meanings of "Forebode"

What do we mean by forebode?

To indicate the likelihood of; portend. intransitive verb

To have a premonition of (a future misfortune). intransitive verb

To prophesy or predict. intransitive verb

Presage; prognostication. noun

To bode or announce beforehand; prognosticate; presage, especially something unfortunate or undesirable: as, the public temper forebodes war; the clouds forebode rain.

To foresee; be prescient of; feel a secret premonition of, especially of something evil.

Synonyms Predict, Presage, etc. (see foretell); to augur, portend, betoken, foreshadow, be ominous of.

To prophesy; presage.

To foretell; to presage; to augur. intransitive verb

To foretell. transitive verb

To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. transitive verb

Prognostication; presage. noun

To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device). verb

Prognostication; presage noun

Make a prediction about; tell in advance verb

Prognostication; presage

Synonyms and Antonyms for Forebode

The word "forebode" in example sentences

Who is Pan and what exactly does his name forebode? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, the building forebode claustrophobia and sadness. ❋ Augusto Cury (2011)

The replacement of Mottaki by Salehi could forebode changes in Iran's foreign policy, said the Ayandeh Web site, which is close to former intelligence officials. ❋ Thomas Erdbrink (2010)

Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This just shows certain resentment in the party for Obama, and could forebode him having trouble keeping discipline in the ranks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The current crop of appointments forebode a continuation ofNeo-con imperialism with Neo-Lib trimmings. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No, I am not suggesting that America's anxieties forebode an authoritarian future. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Anc when day broke he sat expecting his son and waited till noon, but he came not; whereat his heart forebode separation and was fired with fears for Kamar al-Zaman; and he cried, “Alas! my son!” and he wept till his clothes were drenched with tears, and repeated with a beating heart, ❋ Unknown (2006)

King fell sick and his fluttering heart forebode him of translation to the Mansion of Eternity. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This may work for now but it does not forebode well for the next generations. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What it meant as to particulars I no more foreboded then than you forebode now, but it put me rather out of sorts. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Those cebollas moradas added complexity to the terrific dish, but it forebode a tendency toward too much sweet and not enough heat in the three other antojitos I sampled on this first visit. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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