foreboding

foreboding [fawr-boh-ding, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a prediction; portent.
2. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.

adjective

3. that forebodes, especially evil.

Origin of foreboding 1350–1400; Middle English forbodyng (noun); see forebode, -ing1, -ing2 Related formsfore·bod·ing·ly, adverbfore·bod·ing·ness, nounun·fore·bod·ing, adjectiveCan be confusedforbidding foreboding Examples from the Web for forebodingly Historical Examples of forebodingly

He looked after her forebodingly, then turned his eyes toward the Palace Hotel.

The Gentleman From Indiana

Booth Tarkington

“But where are all the children,” inquired Tom, forebodingly.

The Cabin on the Prairie

C. H. (Charles Henry) Pearson

Then, what prompted you to speak so strangely and forebodingly?

The Brother Clerks

Xariffa

“Morituri te salutant,” said 50 Captain Patterson forebodingly, as the first caravan passed out of Leh.

Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Sven Hedin

“I don’d like der looks oof t’ings,” muttered Carl, forebodingly.

Motor Matt’s Air Ship

Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for forebodingly foreboding noun

1. a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc
2. an omen or portent

adjective

3. presaging something

Derived Formsforebodingly, adverbforebodingness, noun Word Origin and History for forebodingly foreboding n.

late 14c., “a predilection, portent, omen,” from fore- + verbal noun from bode. Meaning “sense of something bad about to happen” is from c.1600. Old English forebodung meant “prophecy.”