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Foreboding

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portentousOf momentous or ominous significance.
premonitionnounA strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
fatefulMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
presentimentnounA premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
bodingforeboding, ominous, portending.

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WordDefinition
bodingforeboding, ominous, portending.
portentousOf momentous or ominous significance.
presentimentnounA premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
premonitionnounA strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
propheticalprophetic
fatefulMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
propheticOf, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.
omennounSomething which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
presagenounA warning of a future event; an omen.
understandingnoun(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
feelingnounEmotion; impression.
apprehensionnounAnticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
anxietynounAn unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
dreadnounGreat fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
fearnoun(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
trepidationnounAnxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
hunchnounA theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
vibenoun(informal, originally New Age jargon, often in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
forebodementnoun(dated) The act of foreboding.
forebodernoun(uncountable) Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event.

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