Synonyms: foreboding
Definition: an unfavorable omen
Similar words: presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication, portent, omen
Definition: a sign of something about to happen
Usage: he looked for an omen before going into battle
Synonyms: foreboding, boding, premonition, presentiment
Definition: a feeling of evil to come
Usage: a steadily escalating sense of foreboding; the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Similar words: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Definition: fearful expectation or anticipation
Usage: the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Synonyms: foreboding, fateful, portentous
Definition: ominously prophetic
Similar words: prophetic, prophetical
Definition: foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
Usage: prophetic writings; prophetic powers; words that proved prophetic