foreboder

foreboder
a) an oracle; one who tells the future.

The cold was a foreboder of the nightmares of the winter that lay ahead.

b) Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event.

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  • Foreboder — Fore*bod er, n. One who forebodes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foreboder — noun see forebode …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • foreboder — See forebode. * * * …   Universalium

  • foreboder — n. person who senses something before it happens; bearer of bad news; foreteller, prophet …   English contemporary dictionary

  • foreboder — fore·bod·er …   English syllables

  • foreboder — də(r) noun ( s) : one that forebodes …   Useful english dictionary

  • forebode — foreboder, n. /fawr bohd , fohr /, v., foreboded, foreboding. v.t. 1. to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm. 2. to have a strong inner feeling or notion of (a future misfortune, evil,… …   Universalium

  • Presager — Pre*sa ger, n. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • forebode — also forbode verb Date: 1603 transitive verb 1. to have an inward conviction of (as coming ill or misfortune) 2. foretell, portend intransitive verb augur, predict • foreboder noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • presager — noun One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder …   Wiktionary

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