" foreboding "

1: being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come;

  * e.g., " ... foreboding clouds began to gather "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baleful,

•  dire,

•  direful,

•  doomy,

•  ill,

•  ill-boding,

•  inauspicious,

•  menacing,

•  minatory,

•  ominous,

•  portentous,

•  sinister,

•  threatening

•  Antonyms : 

•  unthreatening

1: a feeling that something bad will happen;

  * e.g., " ... I have this strange foreboding that your ski vacation will not turn out well, so be extra careful "

•  Synonyms : 

•  premonition,

•  presage,

•  presentiment,

•  prognostication

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event;

  * e.g., " ... used to think that if he saw a blackbird fly over his left shoulder it was a foreboding of harm "

•  Synonyms : 

•  augury,

•  auspice,

•  boding,

•  foreshadowing,

•  omen,

•  portent,

•  prefiguring,

•  presage

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune;

  * e.g., " ... a pessimist who is always overcome by a sense of foreboding before flying on an airplane "

•  Synonyms : 

•  alarm,

•  apprehension,

•  apprehensiveness,

•  dread,

•  misgiving

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome;

  * e.g., " ... the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest "

•  Synonyms : 

•  auguring,

•  boding,

•  promising

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome;

  * e.g., " ... the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest "

•  Synonyms : 

•  augur,

•  bode,

•  promise

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)