boding
Hinting at outcomes
Boding is an omen or presentiment, usually of something bad: a boding of disaster.
The word appears most often as an adjective in the phrase boding ill, meaning ominous or threatening.
It comes from bode, to be an omen of: This bodes well for our chances.
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- signMark conveying information
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- presageIndicate beforehand
warning · herald · indicator · prognostic · signal · foreshadowing · auspice · prophecy
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
inkling · suspicion · presentiment · feeling · sense · insight · foresight · prescience
portent
Sign of future calamity
presage · warning · herald · indicator · prognostic · signal · foreshadowing · auspice · prophecy · oracle
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
sixth sense · inkling · suspicion · presentiment · feeling · sense · insight · foresight · prescience · perception
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
anxiety · menace · threat · darkness · gloom · sinister · eerie · doom · dire · chill
bodingunremarkable
Not worthy of comment
insignificant · meaningless · inconsequential · neutral · uneventful
bodingpromising
Showing signs of success
auspicious · propitious · hopeful · encouraging · favorable
bodingoblivious
Lacking any awareness
unaware · heedless · unsuspecting · insensible · ignorant