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Synonyms of foreboding

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Another word for foreboding is augury. Other synonyms of foreboding are preboding, inauspicious, portentous, augurous and baleful.

Synonyms and similar words for foreboding

nounA sense of evil to come.

  • auguryAn omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  • prebodingSynonym of foreboding.

adjectiveOf ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

  • inauspiciousNot auspicious; ill-omened.
  • portentousOminously prophetic.
  • augurousFull of augury; foreboding.
  • balefulPortending evil; ominous.
  • bodefulPortentous; ominous; foreboding.
  • bodingForeboding, ominous, portending.
  • direWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • disastrousForeboding disaster; ill-omened.
  • fatalForeboding death or great disaster.
  • ill-bodingWhich bodes evil; portending bad things.
  • ill-fatedUnlucky; doomed.
  • ill-omenedHaving a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
  • ill-starredDoomed to a bad fate; hapless.
  • ominous
  • brooding
  • presagefulFull of presages; ominous.
  • presagiousForeboding; ominous.
  • sinisterInauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
  • star-crossedIll-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.
  • divine obsoleteForeboding; prescient.
  • inauspicate obsoleteInauspicious.
  • nefastous rareInauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened.
  • omenic rareHaving the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
  • prodigious archaicHaving the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
  • sullen obsoleteMischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

Meaning of foreboding

  1. noun A sense of evil to come.
  2. noun An evil omen.
  3. adjective Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

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Questions about synonyms of foreboding

What is another word for foreboding?
Foreboding has 27 synonyms on Word.ws, such as augury, preboding, inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful and boding.
What does foreboding mean?
Foreboding means a sense of evil to come.

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