Synonyms for forebode


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawr-bohd, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈboʊd, foʊr-

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Définition of forebode

Origin :
  • "feel a secret premonition," c.1600, from fore- + bode. Related: Foreboded; foreboding. Old English forebodian meant "to announce, declare."
  • verb predict, warn
Example sentences :
  • Yes, it surely must be the banshee, and what does it forebode?
  • Extract from : « The Heir of Kilfinnan » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • What should be the next arrow from her quiver she trembled to forebode.
  • Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby
  • The expression of her face was so tragic that it seemed to forebode evil.
  • Extract from : « A Country Sweetheart » by Dora Russell
  • Perhaps—but her tone did not forebode a cheerful conversation.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
  • If she did not appear it might forebode the very worst of disasters.
  • Extract from : « Anxious Audrey » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
  • As for the sufferings which you forebode for me, they are really very tolerable.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Soldier » by Anonymous
  • After it, for this day, it seemed not worth while to grieve and miserably to forebode.
  • Extract from : « 1492 » by Mary Johnston
  • There are, however, several that by their cry, forebode evil.
  • Extract from : « The Manbos of Mindano » by John M. Garvan
  • Dorothy came reluctantly, haunted with a forebode of impending griefs.
  • Extract from : « The President » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • To me, the signs of the times appear to be ominous—to forebode evil!
  • Extract from : « A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin » by A. Woodward
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