foreboding
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Definition of foreboding
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A sense of evil to come.
“To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end.”
“A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.”
“I feel a slight foreboding about going home this year.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A sense of evil to come.
“To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end.”
“A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.”
“I feel a slight foreboding about going home this year.”
- (countable, uncountable)An evil omen.
adj
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Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
“Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of forebode
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
Words you can make from foreboding
200+ playable · top: FORBODING (16 pts)
Best play forboding 16 points9-letter words
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3 words7-letter words
18 words6-letter words
62 words- FIBRED 12 pts
- FORBID 12 pts
- FORGED 11 pts
- FRIDGE 11 pts
- GOOFED 11 pts
- BEGIRD 10 pts
- BINGED 10 pts
- BODING 10 pts
- BONGED 10 pts
- BRIDGE 10 pts
- FINDER 10 pts
- FINGER 10 pts
- FOINED 10 pts
- FONDER 10 pts
- FOODIE 10 pts
- FOREDO 10 pts
- FOREGO 10 pts
- FRIEND 10 pts
- FRINGE 10 pts
- REDFIN 10 pts
- REFIND 10 pts
- ROOFED 10 pts
- BINDER 9 pts
- BINGER 9 pts
- BIOGEN 9 pts
- BONDER 9 pts
- BOOGER 9 pts
- BOOGIE 9 pts
- BOOING 9 pts
- BORIDE 9 pts
- BORING 9 pts
- BRINED 9 pts
- DOOBIE 9 pts
- GOOBER 9 pts
- INBRED 9 pts
- ORBING 9 pts
- REBIND 9 pts
- ROBING 9 pts
- ROOFIE 9 pts
- BONIER 8 pts
- BOONER 8 pts
- DINGER 8 pts
- DRONGO 8 pts
- ENGIRD 8 pts
- GIRNED 8 pts
- GOODIE 8 pts
- NOOBIE 8 pts
- NOODGE 8 pts
- REDING 8 pts
- RINGED 8 pts
- DINERO 7 pts
- ERINGO 7 pts
- GOOIER 7 pts
- GOONIE 7 pts
- IGNORE 7 pts
- INDOOR 7 pts
- IRONED 7 pts
- NOOGIE 7 pts
- ORGONE 7 pts
- OROGEN 7 pts
- OROIDE 7 pts
- REGION 7 pts
5-letter words
79 words- BEFOG 11 pts
- BRIEF 10 pts
- DEFOG 10 pts
- FIBER 10 pts
- FIBRE 10 pts
- FIDGE 10 pts
- FEIGN 9 pts
- FIEND 9 pts
- FINED 9 pts
- FIORD 9 pts
- FIRED 9 pts
- FOGIE 9 pts
- FORDO 9 pts
- FORGE 9 pts
- FORGO 9 pts
- FRIED 9 pts
- FROND 9 pts
- GIBED 9 pts
- GOFER 9 pts
- GONEF 9 pts
- GONIF 9 pts
- GONOF 9 pts
- GRIEF 9 pts
- BEGIN 8 pts
- BEING 8 pts
- BIDER 8 pts
- BINGE 8 pts
- BINGO 8 pts
- BOGIE 8 pts
- BOING 8 pts
- BONED 8 pts
- BONGO 8 pts
- BOOED 8 pts
- BORED 8 pts
- BRIDE 8 pts
- BRING 8 pts
- BROOD 8 pts
- DOBIE 8 pts
- DOBRO 8 pts
- FINER 8 pts
- FREON 8 pts
- GIBER 8 pts
- INFER 8 pts
- ORBED 8 pts
- REBID 8 pts
- ROBED 8 pts
- BINER 7 pts
- BONER 7 pts
- BORNE 7 pts
- BORON 7 pts
- BRINE 7 pts
- DEIGN 7 pts
- DINGE 7 pts
- DINGO 7 pts
- DIRGE 7 pts
- DOGIE 7 pts
- DOING 7 pts
- GEOID 7 pts
- GORED 7 pts
- GRIDE 7 pts
- GRIND 7 pts
- RIDGE 7 pts
- ROBIN 7 pts
- DINER 6 pts
- DONOR 6 pts
- DRONE 6 pts
- GENRO 6 pts
- GIRON 6 pts
- GONER 6 pts
- GROIN 6 pts
- ODEON 6 pts
- REDON 6 pts
- REIGN 6 pts
- RENIG 6 pts
- RODEO 6 pts
- RONDE 6 pts
- RONDO 6 pts
- IRONE 5 pts
- OORIE 5 pts
4-letter words
36 words- DEFI 8 pts
- BEND 7 pts
- BERG 7 pts
- BIDE 7 pts
- BIND 7 pts
- BING 7 pts
- BIOG 7 pts
- BIRD 7 pts
- BODE 7 pts
- BOND 7 pts
- BONG 7 pts
- BRED 7 pts
- BRIG 7 pts
- DOBE 7 pts
- BIER 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BIRO 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- BOON 6 pts
- BOOR 6 pts
- BORE 6 pts
- BORN 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- BRIE 6 pts
- BRIN 6 pts
- BRIO 6 pts
- BROO 6 pts
- DING 6 pts
- DOGE 6 pts
- DONG 6 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINO 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
- DOER 5 pts
- DONE 5 pts
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