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foreboding

Meaning

A premonition or intuition that something unpleasant or disastrous is about to happen.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The sky turned a sickly green, and a low growl echoed in the distance. A deep, sinking feeling settled in my stomach, a chilling sense of foreboding that warned me something terrible was about to occur.

The old scarecrow, its straw body ripped and tattered, seemed to stare blankly at the sky. A chill wind picked up, rustling the dead leaves around its wooden feet. Even the usually chirping crickets fell silent, a strange foreboding settling over the empty cornfield.

The old man felt a deep, cold foreboding as the strange, humming crystal pulsed faster. He’d seen this before, the way the light flickered, the air grew thin. He knew, with a certainty that chilled him to the bone, that the world as he knew it was about to end.

The cat had a terrible foreboding about the giant, fluffy dust bunny under the bed. It felt like a fluffy monster was about to jump out and steal its favorite squeaky toy. It puffed up its fur, ready for the fluffy doom.

My pet rock, Bartholomew, suddenly started vibrating. I felt a strong foreboding, like my socks were about to spontaneously turn into lukewarm gravy. Bartholomew’s tiny googly eyes spun wildly, confirming my gut feeling that a rogue squirrel wearing lederhosen was about to burst through the wall demanding cheese.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The storm clouds gathered faster than usual, a heavy, grey blanket that brought a strange sense of foreboding. A knot tightened in my stomach, as if I just knew something terrible was coming, though I couldn't pinpoint why. The air itself felt thick with an unspoken warning.

The old lighthouse keeper felt a deep, unsettling foreboding as the tide pulled unusually far out, revealing a vast, shimmering expanse of seabed not seen in decades. The air grew unnervingly still, and the gulls, usually raucous, were silent.

The ancient map lay unfurled, its strange markings unlike anything the cartographer had ever seen. A cold dread settled in his stomach, a distinct foreboding that this wasn't just an uncharted island, but a place where reality itself might fray. He'd never felt such certainty of impending doom.

A weird, jiggly feeling in Bartholomew's stomach gave him a foreboding that his attempt at making spaghetti with gummy worms and pickle juice would end in culinary disaster, and probably a call to the poison control center.

Barry the blobfish stared at the suspiciously shimmering puddle of mayonnaise that had spontaneously appeared on his anemone. A distinct sense of foreboding washed over him; this wasn't just any ol' condiment spill, this was the prelude to a condiment-based apocalypse, he just knew it.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

A chill snaked up his spine, a foreboding that clung to the humid air like static. He knew, deep in his gut, that this quiet dusk was a prelude to trouble. The calm felt too profound, too still.

The air grew heavy and still, a strange, almost foreboding quiet settling over the deserted antique shop. Dust motes danced in the single shaft of light, and a chill unrelated to the temperature traced its way up my spine. Something felt profoundly wrong, a silent warning of an imminent collapse.

The air grew thick with a strange stillness. A prickle of uneasiness, a foreboding sense that the obscure lunar alignment was not merely a celestial curiosity but a harbinger of an impending bio-luminescent fungal bloom, settled over the research team.

A palpable sense of foreboding settled over Barnaby as he surveyed his meticulously arranged sock drawer. He just knew, with an unsettling certainty, that the inevitable laundry catastrophe was nigh, a crimson sock likely staging a daring escape to taint his pristine whites.

The llama, perched precariously on a unicycle while juggling overripe avocados, gave a distinct, woolly shudder. A deep foreboding settled over the assembled onlookers; they just *knew* the avocado-flinging spectacle would end with projectile fruit and a bewildered camel.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

A chilling foreboding settled over the desolate coastline as the sky churned a bruised, malevolent purple. The fishermen, their faces etched with apprehension, felt an undeniable intuition that the impending tempest would be more than just a squall; it felt like an omen of utter devastation.

A chilling silence permeated the laboratory; the humming of the anomaly generator had ceased, replaced by an unnerving stillness that instilled a profound sense of foreboding. He felt it in his gut, a palpable dread whispering of imminent system collapse and the unspeakable consequences that would surely follow.

The ancient automaton, its gears grinding a discordant symphony, emitted a low hum that sent a ripple of foreboding through the cavernous laboratory. A sickly green light pulsed from its core, a premonition that the intricate chronometer it guarded was on the precipice of catastrophic recalibration.

Barnaby surveyed the precarious stack of artisanal cheeses; a distinct feeling of foreboding, a premonition that something spectacularly unpleasant was imminent, washed over him as the pungent Gruyère threatened to cascade upon his unsuspecting terrier, Bartholomew.

Bartholomew, a connoisseur of artisanal cheese and existential dread, felt a peculiar foreboding as he surveyed his meticulously cultivated collection of sentient sourdough starters. Their usual effervescent bubblings had, that morning, coalesced into a synchronized, basso hum, an inauspicious overture that portended, he was certain, a catastrophic glut of artisanal rye.

Difficulty

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