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forebodings

forebodings is the plural of foreboding.

Meaning of foreboding

Noun

foreboding (countable and uncountable, plural forebodings)

  1. 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.1876 November, Henry James, Jr., chapter XIII, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, →OCLC, page 229
    Synonyms:
    augury, preboding
  2. An evil omen.

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Questions about forebodings

What is forebodings the plural of?
Forebodings is the plural of foreboding.

Words near forebodings in the dictionary

  1. forebodes
  2. forebodies
  3. foreboding
  4. forebodingly
  5. forebodingness
  6. forebodings
  7. forebody
  8. forebook
  9. forebooks
  10. foreboom
  11. forebooms

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