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foreboding

fo·re·bo·ding

US/fɔˈrboʊdɪŋ/ uncommon
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a feeling of evil to come

  • “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”
  • “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
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adjective

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Origin

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).

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