- present participle of forebode.
foreboding
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It’s not so much a scream queen kind of horror; it’s this foreboding horror.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Artisanal makers of goat cheeses can be found along undulating roads through greenery that dead end at the foreboding promontory of Cabo Espichel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
As if being thrown back into the pool of adverse insurance-company decisions weren’t bad enough, three new developments should cause foreboding among Medicare Advantage subscribers.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
That, of course, is not how any of this works, and it was a foreboding sign of Crockett’s commitment to a free press, not to mention her understanding of the First Amendment.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026
For as the wind first filled their sail, both had felt a heavy foreboding, cold as that winter wind.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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