a sense of foreboding

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• foreboding — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, deep VERB + FOREBODING ▪ feel, have ▪ I felt a gloomy foreboding that something was going to go wrong. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• foreboding — [[t]fɔː(r)bo͟ʊdɪŋ[/t]] forebodings 1) N VAR Foreboding is a strong feeling that something terrible is going to happen. His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding. 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as foreboding, you mean… …   English dictionary

• sense — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sight, hearing, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, developed, good, keen ▪ Raccoons have a highly developed sense of touch. ▪ poor ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• sense — sense1 [ sens ] noun *** 1. ) count sense of a strong feeling or belief about yourself: Winning an award would give me a great sense of achievement. They say they are dealing with the problem, but there seems to be no sense of urgency. a sense of …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sense — I UK [sens] / US noun Word forms sense : singular sense plural senses *** 1) [singular] a strong feeling or belief about yourself sense of: Winning an award would give me a great sense of achievement. They say they are dealing with the problem,… …   English dictionary

• foreboding — fore|bod|ing [fo:ˈbəudıŋ US fo:rˈbou ] n [U] a strong feeling that something bad is going to happen soon ▪ She waited for news with a grim sense of foreboding …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• foreboding — noun (U) a feeling that something very unpleasant is going to happen soon: She waited for news from the hospital with a grim sense of foreboding …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• foreboding — (n.) late 14c., a predilection, portent, omen, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + verbal noun from BODE (Cf. bode). Meaning sense of something bad about to happen is from c.1600. Old English forebodung meant prophecy …   Etymology dictionary

• sense — Synonyms and related words: IQ, absorb, acceptation, admissibility, affect, affection, affective meaning, air, anticipate, appreciate, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, apprehend, apprehension, artistic judgment,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Sense of Doubt — Song infobox Name = Sense of Doubt Artist = David Bowie Album = Heroes Released = October 14 1977 track no = 7 Recorded = Hansa Studio by the Wall, West Berlin July August 1977 Genre = Electronic, Ambient Length = 3:57 Label = RCA Records Writer …   Wikipedia

• foreboding — Synonyms and related words: abusive, actuarial prediction, advance notice, affect, affection, agitated, agitation, all overish, all overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat,… …   Moby Thesaurus