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foreboding


foreboding/fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ $ fɔːrˈboʊ-/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
a strong feeling that something bad is going to happen soon:
  ▪ She waited for news with a grim sense of foreboding.
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THESAURUS
fear a feeling of being frightened :
  ▪ He was trembling with fear.
  ▪ Fear of failure should not stop you trying.
terror a feeling of great fear, because you think that something terrible is about to happen :
  ▪ She let out a scream of pure terror.
fright a sudden feeling of fear, or a situation that makes you feel this :
  ▪ My body was shaking with fright.
  ▪ You gave me a fright!
  ▪ He’s had a bit of fright, that’s all.
panic a sudden feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unable to think clearly or behave sensibly :
  ▪ She was in such a panic that she hardly knew what she was doing!
  ▪ There were scenes of sheer panic immediately following the bomb blast.
alarm a feeling of fear or worry which shows in your voice or behaviour, because you think something bad might happen :
  ▪ When I mentioned her name, he looked up at me in alarm.
  ▪ The streets were calm and there was no sign of alarm.
foreboding /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ $ fɔːrˈboʊ-/ a feeling that something bad or unpleasant might happen although there is no obvious reason why it should :
  ▪ She felt the same sense of foreboding she had before her father died.
phobia /ˈfəʊbiə $ ˈfoʊ-/ a permanent strong unreasonable fear of something :
  ▪ I had a phobia about going to the dentist.

noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
"Jeanie, I have to go away," he said, his voice full of foreboding.
As they waited at the airfield, Sara had the same feeling of foreboding that she had felt before her father died.
He had a sudden sense of foreboding. Something was wrong, very wrong.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
Although the fresh night air was welcome, Jack was again aware of an unusual feeling of dread and foreboding.
But I am not given to entertaining forebodings.
Eating in zero gravity was no real problem, contrary to the dark forebodings of the early astronauts.
Nobody was there, but the air was heavy with a sense of foreboding.
Travelling to the Continent now I feel a gloomy foreboding, for there is a whiff of decline in the air.
Whether Ursula shared her growing sense of foreboding she did not know.

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