foreboding

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sense of evil to come. countable,uncountable
    — To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end.
  2. An evil omen. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of forebode form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
    — Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next

词形变化

forebodings plural forboding alternative more foreboding comparative most foreboding superlative forboding alternative forboding alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
词源 2
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
词源 3
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
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