Definition of forebode Forebode
/fɔɹbowˈd/ - [forbowd] - fore•bode
We found 10 definitions of forebode from 6 different sources.
Advertising
What does forebode mean?
WordNet
Verb |
||
| forebode - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | ||
| predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, anticipate, promise | ||
| hazard, venture, guess, pretend proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" | ||
| read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| outguess, second-guess evaluate or criticize with hindsight | ||
| augur predict from an omen | ||
| wager, bet maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" | ||
| forecast, calculate predict in advance | ||
| prophesy, vaticinate predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
- forebode (Noun)
prognostication; presage. - forebode (Verb)
To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen especially as a literary device.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- forebode (v. t.)
To foretell. - forebode (v. t.)
To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. - forebode (v. i.)
To fortell; to presage; to augur. - forebode (n.)
Prognostication; presage.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
forebode
To state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
forebode
fōr-bōd′, v.t. to feel a secret sense of something future, esp. of evil.—ns. Forebode′ment, feeling of coming evil; Forebod′er; Forebod′ing, a boding or perception beforehand; apprehension of coming evil.—adv. Forebod′ingly
Part of speech
🔤- forebode, verb, present, 1st person singular of forebode (infinitive).
- forebode, verb (infinitive).
Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Your last searches
Last searches
Advertising
Jump to
Advertising