foretokened
Gave advance warning
Foretokened is the past tense of foretoken, meaning to serve as a sign or warning of something to come.
The word is literary and old-fashioned: Dark clouds foretokened the approaching storm.
Unlike predicted, which implies deliberate calculation, foretokened suggests an omen or portent—something that signals future events through its very nature.
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
auspice · sign · prophecy · oracle · divination · prognostication · herald · foreboding
Notice of future trouble
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- noticeBecome aware of
herald · portent · red flag · alarm · advisory · intimation · heads-up · tocsin
Prediction of future conditions
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
prognosis · projection · anticipation · foresight · soothsaying · presage · extrapolation · conjecture
Instinctive immediate understanding
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- hunchUnproven inner sense
foreboding · apprehension · sixth sense · presentiment · inkling · gut feeling · vision · dream
portent
Sign of future calamity
foreshadowing · auspice · sign · prophecy · oracle · divination · prognostication · herald · foreboding · forewarning
forewarning
Notice of future trouble
notice · herald · portent · red flag · alarm · advisory · intimation · heads-up · tocsin · clarion call
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
augury · prognosis · projection · anticipation · foresight · soothsaying · presage · extrapolation · conjecture · expectation
intuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
hunch · foreboding · apprehension · sixth sense · presentiment · inkling · gut feeling · vision · dream · seer
foretokenedunforeseen
Not predicted or expected
unexpected · unanticipated · unpredicted · unheralded · surprising