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preboding

preboding noun: synonym of foreboding.

Noun

preboding (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of foreboding.
    • Thus, when with a nervous preboding Henry took up the "Watchman," […] he turned quite sick at heart to find the lying verdict run as follows […]1844, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Heart, page 106
    • It was with a pang of preboding that his nearest friends heard him announce, while he was doing what proved to be his last work for the press, that he was "going to kill Mrs. Partington."1891, The New England Magazine, page 433
    Synonyms:
    foreboding

Synonyms of preboding

Questions about preboding

What does preboding mean?
Preboding means synonym of foreboding.
What part of speech is preboding?
Preboding is a noun.

Words near preboding in the dictionary

  1. preblurred
  2. preboard
  3. preboarded
  4. preboarding
  5. preboards
  6. preboding
  7. preboil
  8. preboiled
  9. preboiling
  10. preboils
  11. prebolus

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