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/fɔːˈbəʊd/ · verb
To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)..
There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart.
Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Caesar's death.
Here sits he shaping wings to fly: / His heart forebodes a mystery: / He names the name Eternity.
Walter was disturbed by a low rap at the door. It was so indistinct and hesitating, that, at first, he thought himself mistaken; a second summons, however, led him to rise and open to his visitor. It was the very person that he foreboded—Mr. Curl.
Use forebode when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forebode means To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device)..
Common synonyms include foretell, portend, predict, call.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried with a human heart.
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