foreboding

FREQ #21580

n. 预感, 先兆, 预兆

发音

US

词形变化

forebodings 复数 forebodings more foreboding 比较级 most foreboding 最高级

别名

forboding

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sense of evil to come.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An evil omen.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of forebode

adj.
  1. 1.

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

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

premonition boding presentiment

上位词 9

dread omen prodigy apprehension portent apprehensiveness presage prognostic prognostication

下位词 2

shadow presage
形容词

同义词 2

fateful portentous

近义相关 2

prophetic prophetical

词源

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).

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