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Definition of forebode in English: forebodeverb fɔːˈbəʊdfɔrˈboʊd [with object]archaic 1(of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad) this lull foreboded some new assault upon him Example sentencesExamples - It forebodes a deeper commitment than we have seen evidence of in just the 10 episodes.
- This is an ambitious but important security mechanism; however, inadequate military resources, fragile political institutions, and weak economies forebode great difficulty in getting started.
- Their return in a second blister pack of two miniatures forebodes devastation among enemy ranks!
- Paper money had depreciated, and the conditions foreboded a crash.
- The sobering presentation foreboded the future of Taiwan's relationship with the United States.
Synonyms presage, augur, portend, prognosticate, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, forecast, predict, prophesy, forewarn, warn of, be a warning of, herald, be an omen of, be a harbinger of signify, mean, indicate, add up to, point to, announce, promise informal spell literary foretoken, betoken, harbinger rare prefigure - 1.1 Have a presentiment of (something bad)
I foreboded mischief the moment I heard Example sentencesExamples - We foreboded it, yet I was stupid enough to bring them.
Rhymes abode, bestrode, bode, code, commode, corrode, download, encode, erode, explode, goad, implode, load, lode, middle-of-the-road, mode, node, ode, offload, outrode, road, rode, sarod, Spode, strode, toad, upload, woad Definition of forebode in US English: forebodeverbfɔrˈboʊdfôrˈbōd [with object]archaic 1(of a situation or occurrence) act as a warning of (something bad) this lull foreboded some new assault upon him Example sentencesExamples - This is an ambitious but important security mechanism; however, inadequate military resources, fragile political institutions, and weak economies forebode great difficulty in getting started.
- It forebodes a deeper commitment than we have seen evidence of in just the 10 episodes.
- Paper money had depreciated, and the conditions foreboded a crash.
- The sobering presentation foreboded the future of Taiwan's relationship with the United States.
- Their return in a second blister pack of two miniatures forebodes devastation among enemy ranks!
Synonyms presage, augur, portend, prognosticate, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, forecast, predict, prophesy, forewarn, warn of, be a warning of, herald, be an omen of, be a harbinger of - 1.1 Have a presentiment of (something bad)
I foreboded mischief the moment I heard Example sentencesExamples - We foreboded it, yet I was stupid enough to bring them.
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