forbode

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Definition of forbode in English English dictionary

A forbidding, prohibition

Obsolete simple past tense of forbid

A command forbidding a thing

God's/The Lord's forbode.

To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen

The dark clouds forbode of fierce storms.

Related Terms

forboding

Present participle of forbode

forboding

Serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty

The child walked nervously down the dark, foreboding street.

forboding

present participle of forebode

Synonyms

foretell, portend, predict

Etymology

() From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *fur-budan (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- (“to be awake, fully perceive”). Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

Tenses

forboding, forboded