foreboding

(fôr-bō'dĭng, fōr-)
n.

1. A sense of impending evil or misfortune.
2. An evil omen; a portent.

adj.
Marked by or indicative of foreboding; ominous.

forebodingly fore·bod'ing·ly adv.
forebodingness fore·bod'ing·ness n.

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noun

An indication of impending danger or harm: forewarning, threat, thundercloud. Idioms: gathering clouds, storm clouds. See foresight.

n

Definition: misgiving, bad omen
Antonyms: fortune, good omen, luck, providence

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forudanelse, varsel
adj. - varslende

Nederlands (Dutch)
(slecht) voorteken, (slecht) voorgevoel, voorspelling, voorspellend

Français (French)
n. - pressentiment, appréhension
adj. - sombre, funeste

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorahnung, ungutes Gefühl, Omen
adj. - verkündend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δυσοίωνο/κακό προαίσθημα, κακός οιωνός
adj. - δυσοίωνος

Italiano (Italian)
presentimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - presságio (m)

Русский (Russian)
дурное предчувствие

Español (Spanish)
n. - presentimiento, presagio
adj. - agorero, presagioso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - föraning, förebud

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预感, 预兆, 先兆, 预感的, 不祥之兆的, 预兆的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預感, 預兆, 先兆
adj. - 預感的, 不祥之兆的, 預兆的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예언, 조짐, 예감
adj. - 불길한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 虫の知らせ, 予感, 予言, 前兆
adj. - 予感のする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نذير , هاجس (صفه) مخيف, منذر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחושת רעה קרבה‬
adj. - ‮ממשמש ובא (בעיקר דבר רע)‬

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