"foreboding" meaning in English

See foreboding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: foreboding, foreboding [positive], more foreboding [comparative], most foreboding [superlative]
Etymology: foreboding < fore- + boding
  1. δυσοίωνος
    Sense id: el-foreboding-en-adj-N3c70AsH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

Forms: foreboding, foreboding [singular], forebodings [plural]
Etymology: foreboding < fore- + boding
  1. κακή διαίσθηση, κακό προμήνυμα, κακό προαίσθημα, κακή προαίσθηση
    Sense id: el-foreboding-en-noun-hDAPsRbC
  2. κακός οιωνός
    Sense id: el-foreboding-en-noun-CBgYhMKv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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