forebode
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/fɔːˈbəʊd/
English
Definitions
noun
- Prognostication; presage
verb
- To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
- To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.
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Synonyms
foretellportendpredictprognosticateanticipatepromisecallforbodeforeshadowforecastforetokenpresageprophesyprefigureforehalsenforespeakbespeak