Synonyms for foretaste


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun fawr-teyst, fohr-; verb fawr-teyst, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈfɔrˌteɪst, ˈfoʊr-; verb fɔrˈteɪst, foʊr-

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Définition 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

Antonyms for foretaste

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