foreboding
English
noun
Definitions
- A sense of evil to come.
- An evil omen.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forbodyng prefix from English boding.
Origin
English
boding
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boding English
- bodingly English
- forebodingly English
- forebodingness English
- ill-boding English
- unboding English
- unforeboding English
- Bote German
- Vorbote German
- forbodyng Middle English
- vorbote Middle High German