FOREBODING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FOREBODING?

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The synonyms of “Foreboding” are: boding, premonition, presentiment, apprehension, apprehensiveness, anxiety, perturbation, trepidation, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness, misgiving, suspicion, worry, fear, fearfulness, dread, alarm, intuition, feeling, inkling, hunch, fateful, portentous, ominous, glowering, brooding, sinister, menacing, black, thunderous, dark, wintry, gloomy, heavy, dire, ill, evil, baleful, forbidding, doomy, ugly, unpromising, unpropitious, pessimistic, inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky, ill-fated, dangerous

Foreboding as a Noun

Definitions of "Foreboding" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “foreboding” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A feeling of evil to come.
• A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension.
• An unfavorable omen.

Synonyms of "Foreboding" as a noun (23 Words)

alarm	An alarm clock. Oliver smelled smoke and gave the alarm.
anxiety	A relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic. He felt a surge of anxiety.
apprehension	Understanding; grasp. They acted with intent to prevent lawful apprehension.
apprehensiveness	Fearful expectation or anticipation.
boding	A feeling of evil to come. A steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
disquiet	A feeling of worry or unease. Public disquiet about animal testing.
disquietude	A state of uneasiness or anxiety. Such passages reflect a sense of disquietude of alienation even.
dread	Dreadlocks. I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons.
fear	An anxious feeling. The love and fear of God.
fearfulness	The trait of being afraid.
feeling	The capacity to experience the sense of touch. A feeling grew that justice had not been done.
hunch	A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact. I have a hunch that someone is telling lies.
inkling	A slight suggestion or vague understanding. The records give us an inkling of how people saw the world.
intuition	The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning. We shall allow our intuition to guide us.
misgiving	Painful expectation. I felt a sense of misgiving at the prospect of retirement.
perturbation	A minor deviation in the course of a celestial body, caused by the attraction of a neighbouring body. Frank s atheism was more than a perturbation to Michael.
premonition	An early warning about a future event. He had a premonition of imminent disaster.
presentiment	An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding. A presentiment of disaster.
suspicion	A feeling or belief that someone is guilty of an illegal, dishonest, or unpleasant action. Police would not say what aroused their suspicions.
trepidation	A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen. The men set off in fear and trepidation.
unease	The trait of seeming ill at ease. Public unease about defence policy.
uneasiness	Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you. I sensed the uneasiness of people around me.
worry	A strong feeling of anxiety. He s demented with worry.

Usage Examples of "Foreboding" as a noun

• With a sense of foreboding she read the note.
• A steadily escalating sense of foreboding.

Foreboding as an Adjective

Definitions of "Foreboding" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “foreboding” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Ominously prophetic.
• Implying that something bad is going to happen.

Synonyms of "Foreboding" as an adjective (28 Words)

baleful	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. The Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look.
black	Of a ski run of the highest level of difficulty as indicated by black markers positioned along it. His shirt was black within an hour.
brooding	Deeply or seriously thoughtful. The brooding moorland.
dangerous	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. A dangerous criminal.
dark	Having a dark hue. Dark glasses.
dire	Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless. Misuse of drugs can have dire consequences.
doomy	Suggesting or predicting disaster; ominous. Doomy forecasts.
evil	Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. Stories about the evil effects of television on children make good copy.
fateful	Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev. That fateful meeting of the U N when it declared war on North Korea.
forbidding	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. A forbidding scowl.
gloomy	Causing or feeling depression or despondency. Gloomy forecasts about the economy.
glowering	Showing a brooding ill humor.
heavy	Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. A heavy pudding.
ill	Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell. It s an ill wind that blows no good.
ill-fated	Marked by or promising bad fortune- W.H.Prescott.
inauspicious	Presaging ill fortune- P.B.Shelley. Following this inauspicious start the British outnumbered withdrew.
menacing	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. His tone became menacing.
ominous	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. A dead and ominous silence prevailed.
pessimistic	Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen. He was pessimistic about the prospects.
portentous	Of momentous or ominous significance- Herman Melville. Such a portentous monster raised all my curiosity.
sinister	Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen. The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him.
thunderous	Very loud. Thunderous applause.
unfavourable	Expressing or showing a lack of approval or support. Unfavourable economic conditions.
unlucky	Marked by or promising bad fortune- W.H.Prescott. An unlucky defeat.
unpromising	Not giving hope of future success or good results. The boy s natural intellect had survived in unpromising circumstances.
unpropitious	(of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable. His reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time.
wintry	Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak. A wintry landscape.

Usage Examples of "Foreboding" as an adjective

• When the Doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding.

Associations of "Foreboding" (30 Words)

augur	A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy. The end of the cold war seemed to augur well.
augury	A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen. He hoped it was an augury.
bode	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. These signs bode bad news.
boding	A feeling of evil to come. A steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
circumstances	Your overall circumstances or condition in life including everything that happens to you. A victim of circumstances.
destiny	An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. She was unable to control her own destiny.
fateful	Ominously prophetic. That fateful meeting of the U N when it declared war on North Korea.
hapless	Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A hapless victim.
harbinger	A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring.
herald	Acclaim. They considered the first primroses as the herald of spring.
inauspicious	Not conducive to success; unpromising. Following this inauspicious start the British outnumbered withdrew.
minatory	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. He is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger wagging.
omen	Indicate as with a sign or an omen. He looked for an omen before going into battle.
ominous	Presaging ill fortune. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
portend	Indicate by signs. The eclipses portend some major events.
portent	Future significance. An omen of grave portent for the tribe.
portentous	Of or like a portent; of momentous significance. Such a portentous monster raised all my curiosity.
premonition	A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant. He had a premonition of imminent disaster.
presentiment	A feeling of evil to come. A presentiment of disaster.
prognosticate	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. The economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
prognostication	The action of prophesying future events. An unprecedented amount of soul searching and prognostication.
prophetic	Accurately predicting what will happen in the future. His warnings proved prophetic.
sign	Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection consecrate. He signed to play the casino on Dec 18.
sinister	Evil or criminal. Bar sinister.
superstition	An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. He dismissed the ghost stories as mere superstition.
telepathy	Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions.
threatening	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. His threatening behavior.
unfortunate	Not indicating a good chance of success; inauspicious. The delay at the airport was an unfortunate start to our holiday.
unlucky	Having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck. An unlucky defeat.
unpropitious	(of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable. His reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time.