Etymology From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
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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:
A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 41:
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I feel a slight foreboding about going home this year.1976 December 25, John Atteridg, “Going Home for the Holidays”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 18:
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An evil omen.
foreboding
adj
Etymology From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
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Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next2018, “Blood on the Street”, performed by Soulfly: