Antonyms for foretaste

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : noun fawr-teyst, fohr-; verb fawr-teyst, fohr-

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈfɔrˌteɪst, ˈfoʊr-; verb fɔrˈteɪst, foʊr-

Definition of foretaste

Origin : early 15c., from fore- + taste (n.). As a verb, from mid-15c.

As in : noun appetizer
As in writing on the wall : noun ominous indication
As in anticipation : noun expectation
As in anticipation : noun readiness; forethought
As in anticipate : verb expect; predict

Example sentences :

Here, in the middle of Paris, they found a foretaste of the country.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

This prayer is the commencement, the foretaste, of Contemplation.
Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley

There was frost on the grass that morning, a foretaste of winter in the sharp wind.
Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden

The quietness that came over me was like a foretaste of annihilation.
Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

As it was, we had but a foretaste and an earnest of that bliss which it was in our power to procure.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

I felt a foretaste of how my past would rise up to crush me.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Methusaleh rubs his hands, and has a foretaste of his coming dignity.
Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 » by Various

Lennon took it as a foretaste of what was to come and masked his chagrin.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

It was a foretaste which God gave me of what was to befall me.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

I got a foretaste of appreciation while still on the return journey.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

Synonyms for foretaste

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