forebode

  • 11forebode — [c]/fɔˈboʊd / (say faw bohd) verb (foreboded, foreboding) –verb (t) 1. to foretell or predict; portend; be an omen of; indicate beforehand: clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a presentiment of (especially evil). –verb (i) 3. to prophesy. 4 …

  • 12forebode — also forbode verb Date: 1603 transitive verb 1. to have an inward conviction of (as coming ill or misfortune) 2. foretell, portend intransitive verb augur, predict • foreboder noun …

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  • 13forebode — verb To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device.) …

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  • 14forebode — Synonyms and related words: apprehend, be imminent, betoken, bludgeon, bode, bulldoze, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, comminate, croak, denounce, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell,… …

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  • 15forebode — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. forewarn, portend, augur; see foretell . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give warning signs of (impending peril): forewarn, threaten. See FORESIGHT …

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  • 16forebode — fore bode || fÉ”r bəʊd /fɔː v. predict, foretell; sense future misfortune or doom; prophesy …

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  • 17forebode — verb archaic act as an advance warning of (something bad) …

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  • 18forebode — v. a. 1. Foretell, predict, presage, portend, augur, betoken, foreshadow, foreshow, prognosticate, prefigure, be ominous of. 2. Foreknow, be prescient of, have foreknowledge of, have prescience of, have premonition of, have presentiment of,… …

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  • 19forebode — verb, literary the scarlet sky forebodes the visitation of mischief Syn: presage, augur, portend, herald, warn of, forewarn of, foreshadow, be an omen of, indicate, signify, signal, promise, threaten, spell, denote; literary betoken …

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  • 20forebode — v 1. augur, presage, portend, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, presignify, omen; betoken, signify, mean, indicate, point to. 2. sense, intuit, feel, have a feeling, Inf. have a funny feeling, Inf. feel in one s bones. 3. prognosticate, prophesy,… …

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