forebode
/fɔːˈbəʊd/US/fɔɹˈbɔʊd/
forebode verb: to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
Verb
forebode (third-person singular simple present forebodes, present participle foreboding, simple past and past participle foreboded)
- To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
- There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC
- To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.
- Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Caesar's death.1741, Conyers Middleton, Life of Cicero
- Here sits he shaping wings to fly: / His heart forebodes a mystery: / He names the name Eternity.1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 135
Noun
forebode
forebode meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
forebode in Tamil
- வர இருக்கும் தீமையை முன்காண், தீக்குறி காண், தீயறிகுறி உணர்
forebode in Urdu
- پہلے بتا دینا
forebode in Malayalam
- portend, presage, augur
- മുൻകൂട്ടി സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക, മുൻകൂട്ടി അറിയിക്കുക, മുൻകൂട്ടി ഉണർന്നു ചൊല്ലുക, അനിഷ്ടദർശനം ചെയ്യുക, ശകുനം നോക്കിപ്പറയുക, പ്രവചിക്കുക
Synonyms of forebode
Forms of forebode
| third-person singular present | forebodes |
|---|---|
| present participle | foreboding |
| past participle | foreboded |
| past | foreboded |
| alternative form | forbode |
Origin of forebode
From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.
Words formed from forebode
Words that rhyme with forebode
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abode
- bode
- choad
- corrode
- encode
- goad
- toad
- antipode
- decode
- episode
- erode
- hoed
- incommode
- overrode
- recode
- rode
- strode
- throwed
- unicode
- woad
- 'splode
- bestowed
- cestode
- chode
- crowed
- discommode
- glode
- Gold Code
- grode
- growed
- hode
- I'll be blowed
- lowed
- mowed
- nuclear code
- ode
- owed
- shode
- side road
- Spanish Road
- stroad
- subnode
- tode
- toed
- towed
- Union Road
- uudecode
- uuencode
Questions about forebode
- What does forebode mean?
- Forebode means to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
- What is forebode in Tamil?
- Forebode in Tamil is வர இருக்கும் தீமையை முன்காண், தீக்குறி காண், தீயறிகுறி உணர். See Forebode meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is forebode?
- Forebode can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce forebode?
- Forebode is pronounced /fɔɹˈbɔʊd/ (US).
- What is the past tense of forebode?
- The past tense of forebode is foreboded.
Words near forebode in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forebode (page history and authors); forebode (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forebode (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forebode (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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