Definition for Foreboding:

• Boding; anticipation; presentiment.

Synonyms for Foreboding:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • fateful,
  • portentous.
  •black (adjective)
  • gloomy,
  • sombre.
  •dark (adjective)
  • somber,
  • unpropitious.
  •hopeless (adjective)
  • black.
  •oracular (adjective)
  • Predicting.
  •predicting (adjective)
  • predictive.
  •predictive (adjective)
  • guessing,
  • prognosticative.
  •threatening (adjective)
  • forewarning,
  • intimidating,
  • bullying,
  • frightening,
  • threatening,
  • Looming,
  • Browbeating,
  • warning,
  • tormenting,
  • scary,
  • Hinting,
  • admonishing.

• n.

  •
  • worry,
  • tension,
  • distress,
  • strain,
  • concern.
  •
  • tense,
  • prophecy,
  • anxious,
  • prediction,
  • alarming.
  •
  • gathering clouds,
  • storm clouds.
  •foreboding (noun)
  • prophetic,
  • prophetical,
  • boding.
  •mistrust (noun)
  • mistrust.
  •omen (noun)
  • Prefigurement,
  • Bodement,
  • foretoken,
  • prognostication.
  •threat (noun)
  • bluster,
  • intimidation,
  • admonition,
  • hint,
  • monition,
  • harassment.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • misgiving.

• v.

  •expecting (verb)
  • Anticipating,
  • Suspecting,
  • Deducing,
  • Dreading,
  • Surmising,
  • assuming,
  • envisioning,
  • Presuming,
  • gathering,
  • Inferring,
  • Envisaging,
  • Awaiting,
  • Expecting,
  • Presupposing,
  • Imagining,
  • Foreknowing,
  • Apprehending,
  • foreseeing,
  • Contemplating.
  •threatening (verb)
  • Bulldozing,
  • Scaring.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sad,
  • thundercloud.
  •discouraging
  • hopeless.

Paraphrases for Foreboding:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    premonition.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    apprehension.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    anxiety.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trepidation.

Antonyms for Foreboding:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    despair, surprise, wonder, doubt, enjoyment, prosperous, realization, benign, astonishment, consummation, dread, unprophetic, unthreatening, fear.

• n.

  • misgiving, bad omen
    good omen, providence, fortune, luck.

Hyponym for Foreboding:

• n.

  • event
    portent, prognostic, omen, prodigy, prognostication, presage.