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foreboder

foreboder noun: an oracle; one who tells the future.

Noun

foreboder (plural foreboders)

  1. (archaic) an oracle; one who tells the future.
  2. (uncountable) Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event.
    • The cold was a foreboder of the nightmares of the winter that lay ahead.

Forms of foreboder

pluralforeboders

Origin of foreboder

From forebode + -er.

Questions about foreboder

What does foreboder mean?
Foreboder means an oracle; one who tells the future.
What part of speech is foreboder?
Foreboder is a noun.
What is the plural of foreboder?
The plural of foreboder is foreboders.

Words near foreboder in the dictionary

  1. forebitts
  2. forebode
  3. foreboded
  4. forebodement
  5. forebodements
  6. foreboder
  7. foreboders
  8. forebodes
  9. forebodies
  10. foreboding
  11. forebodingly

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