foreboding of evil

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• foreboding — fore•bod•ing [[t]fɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr [/t]] n. 1) a prediction; portent 2) a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment 3) of or indicating foreboding, esp. of evil • Etymology: 1350–1400 fore•bod′ing•ly, adv.… …   From formal English to slang

• evil — Synonyms and related words: Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apocalyptic, arrant, atrocious, atrocity, awful, backsliding,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• foreboding — I. noun Date: 14th century the act of one who forebodes; also an omen, prediction, or presentiment especially of coming evil ; portent II. adjective Date: 1630 indicative of or marked by foreboding • forebodingly adverb • forebodingness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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

• foreboding — forebodingly, adv. forebodingness, n. /fawr boh ding, fohr /, n. 1. a prediction; portent. 2. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment. adj. 3. that forebodes, esp. evil. [1350 1400; ME forbodyng (n.); see …   Universalium

• foreboding — 1. noun a) A sense of evil to come. b) An evil omen. Syn: augury 2. adjective Of ominous significance …   Wiktionary

• foreboding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. portent; presentiment, premonition, apprehension. See prediction, warning, threat. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A feeling of impending evil] Syn. premonition, dread, presentiment; see anticipation 2 , hunch …   English dictionary for students

• foreboding — /fɔˈboʊdɪŋ/ (say faw bohding) noun 1. a prediction; portent. 2. a presentiment. –adjective 3. that forebodes, especially evil. –forebodingly, adverb …  

• foreboding — n. an expectation of trouble or evil; a presage or omen. Derivatives: forebodingly adv …   Useful english dictionary

• Myomancy — was a method of theriomantic divination by rats or mice, which may be alluded to in Isaiah 66:17. Their particular cries or some marked devastation committed by them was taken for a prognostication of evil. Ælain relates that Fabius Maximus… …   Wikipedia

• foretell — foretell, predict, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, presage, portend, forebode are comparable when meaning to tell something before it happens through special knowledge or occult power. Foretell and predict are frequently interchangeable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms