fore
bode
Third Person
forebodes
Present Participle
foreboding
Past Tense
foreboded
Past Participle
foreboded
1
to predict that something bad is going to happen very soon
- The dark clouds forbode a storm approaching the coast.
- His pale face and shaky hands forbode a sense of dread before the test.
- The eerie silence in the house seemed to forbode something terrible was about to occur.
- The way she glanced at the letter seemed to forbode bad news.
- The old prophecy forbode the fall of the kingdom if the king did not change his ways.