Forebode

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To indicate the likelihood of; portend: harsh words that foreboded estrangement.
  • v. To have a premonition of (a future misfortune).
  • verb-intransitive. To prophesy or predict.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
  • n. prognostication; presage
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To foretell.
  • v. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To foretell; to presage; to augur.
  • n. Prognostication; presage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bode or announce beforehand; prognosticate; presage, especially something unfortunate or undesirable: as, the public temper forebodes war; the clouds forebode rain.
  • To foresee; be prescient of; feel a secret premonition of, especially of something evil.
  • Synonyms Predict, Presage, etc. (see foretell); to augur, portend, betoken, foreshadow, be ominous of.
  • To prophesy; presage.
  • n. Presage; prognostication.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a prediction about; tell in advance
  • Verb Form
    foreboded    forebodes    foreboding   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    guess    hazard    pretend    venture   
    Cross Reference
    predict    signify    bode   
    Hyponym
    augur    prophesy    forecast    calculate    bet    vaticinate    read    outguess    second-guess    wager   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    betoken    foretell    presage    augur    predict    prognosticate    portend    prognostication   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rhode    abode    bestowed    bestrode    blowed    bode    bowed    brode    busload    coad   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    moiti    await    bonjour    dedicatee    procureur    straights    hardiment    traduit    prophesy    l'objet