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foreboding
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foreboding
(noun)
foreboding
/foɚ
ˈ
boʊdɪŋ/
noun
plural
forebodings
foreboding
/foɚ
ˈ
boʊdɪŋ/
noun
plural
forebodings
Britannica Dictionary definition of FOREBODING
:
a feeling that something bad is going to happen
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She was filled with a sense of
foreboding
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It seems that her
forebodings
were justified.
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