Meaning of FOREBODING

Pronunciation:			fowr'bowding
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  an unfavorable omen [n]  a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
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	Synonyms:		boding, premonition, presentiment
	See Also:		apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, omen, portent, presage, presage, prognostic, prognostication, shadow
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Fore*bod"ing\, n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.
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