foretasted
Got early taste
Foretasted is the past tense of foretaste, meaning to experience or sample something in advance of its full arrival.
The word appears in literary and religious contexts: He foretasted the joys of heaven.
It suggests anticipatory pleasure or, less often, dread—a preview of what's to come.
Indicated something future
- foreshadowedIndicated in advance
- prefiguredSymbolized something to come
- auguredPredicted from signs
- portendedForeshadowed future events
heralded · adumbrated · boded · forewarned · foreboded · premonition · harbinger · presentiment
Expected in advance
- dreamedImagined while asleep
- envisionedMentally pictured beforehand
- longedFelt intense desire
- yearnedDesired intensely
Predicted through divine insight
- prognosticatedForesaw and declared likely
- divinedPerceived through supernatural insight
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
soothsaid · clairvoyance · prescience · precognition · augury · sibyl · foreknowledge
Tried a portion of
Regarded with terror
- fearedInspiring dread or alarm
- apprehendedCaptured or comprehended
- forebodedPredicted ill to come
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
presaged
Indicated something future
- foreshadowedIndicated in advance
- prefiguredSymbolized something to come
- auguredPredicted from signs
portended · heralded · adumbrated · boded · forewarned · foreboded · premonition · harbinger · presentiment · foretokened
anticipated
Expected in advance
- dreamedImagined while asleep
- envisionedMentally pictured beforehand
- longedFelt intense desire
prophesied
Predicted through divine insight
- prognosticatedForesaw and declared likely
- divinedPerceived through supernatural insight
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
seer · soothsaid · clairvoyance · prescience · precognition · augury · sibyl · foreknowledge
sampled
Tried a portion of
- glimpsedSaw briefly, fleetingly
- teaserSomething that piques interest
- appetizerLight dish preceding main
trailer · demonstration · debut · premiere
dreaded
Regarded with terror
- fearedInspiring dread or alarm
- apprehendedCaptured or comprehended
- forebodedPredicted ill to come
foretastedrecalled
Brought back mentally
remembered · relived · reflected upon · recollected · reminisced