foreboding (n)
premonition (n)
presentiment (n)
boding (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 12
def a feeling of evil to come
examples a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Outgoing links
Hypernym apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Derivationally related form foreboding → forebode
Hyponym shadow; presage
Incoming links
Hyponym apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Hypernym shadow; presage
Derivationally related form forebode → foreboding

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