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   foreboding

   /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension: "with a sense of foreboding she read the note" Similar apprehensionapprehensivenessanxietyperturbationtrepidationdisquietdisquietudeuneaseuneasinessmisgivingsuspicionworryfearfearfulnessdreadalarminformal:butterflies (in the stomach)the williesthe heebie-jeebiesthe jittersjitterinesstwitchinessrare:inquietudepremonitionpresentimentintuitionfeelingvague feelingsuspicioninklinghunchwarningomenportentsigntokenpredictionauguryprophecypresageprognosticationforecastinformal:gut feelingfeeling in one's bonesfunny feelingsixth senseOpposite calm

   adjective

   • 1. implying that something bad is going to happen: "when the Doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding"

   Derivatives

   • 1. forebodingly adverb

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