noun
- a prediction; portent.
- a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
adjective
- that forebodes, especially evil.
noun
- a feeling of impending evil, disaster, etc
- an omen or portent
adjective
- presaging something
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.”