Meaning & use
forebode
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To be a warning sign of something bad that is going to happen; to have a premonition of misfortune.
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The dark clouds seemed to forebode a violent storm.
Her uneasy silence forebode trouble ahead.
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Closely related to "foreboding," the noun most commonly derived from this verb, meaning a feeling that something bad is about to happen.
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