forebode

== English == === Alternative forms === forbode (much less commonly used) === Etymology === From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- +‎ bode. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔːˈbəʊd/ Rhymes: -əʊd === Verb === forebode (third-person singular simple present forebodes, present participle foreboding, simple past and past participle foreboded) To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device). To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. ==== Synonyms ==== (to portend or foretell): foretell, portend, predict ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === forebode (obsolete) prognostication; presage === See also === bode === References === “forebode”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.