forbode
verb
for·bode
less common spelling of forebode
transitive verb
1
: to have an inward conviction of (something, such as a coming ill or misfortune)
… she looked eagerly in his face, not quick to forebode evil, but unavoidably conscious that the state of the family had changed …
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne2
: foretell, portend
Such dark clouds forebode a storm.
intransitive verb
: augur, predict
- forborne
- forbs
- Forbush's sparrow
- forby
- forbye
- forc
- forcats
- force
- force (something) down
- force account
- force and arms
- force cup
- force de frappe
- force down
- force down someone's throat
- force field
- force fit
- force land
- force main
- force majeure
- force of circumstance
- force of circumstance(s)
- force of circumstances
- force of friction
- force of habit