forbode
Warn of misfortune
Forbode means to predict or portend something ominous.
Dark clouds forbode a storm; a leader's illness may forbode political instability.
The word carries a sense of foreboding—an expectation that something bad is coming.
Her silence forbode trouble.
Also spelled forebode, which is more common.
Predict future events
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- prognosticateForetell future events
- foreseePredict future events
- divineOf or from gods
presage · forecast · anticipate · envision · augur · vaticinate · adumbrate · foreknow
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- foretokenProphetic indication
sign · warning · herald · auspice · foreshadowing · prognostic · indicator · signal
Suggesting something bad approaches
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- grimHarsh and foreboding
baleful · dark · looming · brooding · lowering · glowering · black · menacing
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
fear · disquiet · presentiment · alarm · worry · concern · suspense · distress
Advance sense of future events
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
insight · inkling · hunch · feeling · sense · instinct · vision · gut instinct
foretell
Predict future events
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- prognosticateForetell future events
- foreseePredict future events
divine · presage · forecast · anticipate · envision · augur · vaticinate · adumbrate · foreknow · foreshow
portent
Sign of future calamity
foretoken · sign · warning · herald · auspice · foreshadowing · prognostic · indicator · signal · prophecy
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- direExtremely serious or urgent
grim · baleful · dark · looming · brooding · lowering · glowering · black · menacing · inauspicious
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- uneaseMild persistent worry
anxiety · fear · disquiet · presentiment · alarm · worry · concern · suspense · distress · nervousness
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
clairvoyance · insight · inkling · hunch · feeling · sense · instinct · vision · gut instinct · second sight