Foreshadowing and Foreboding

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Foreshadowing noun – Something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event.

Usage example: the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death

Foreboding is a synonym for foreshadowing in vision topic. In some cases you can use "Foreboding" instead a noun "Foreshadowing", when it comes to topics like prediction, sign, omen, portent.

Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed

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Foreboding noun – Something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event.

Usage example: used to think that if he saw a blackbird fly over his left shoulder it was a foreboding of harm

Foreshadowing is a synonym for foreboding in omen topic. You can use "Foreshadowing" instead a noun "Foreboding", if it concerns topics such as misgiving, vision, prediction, sign.

Nearby Word: foreboded