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Forbidden vs Foreboding - What's the difference?

forbidden | foreboding |

As adjectives the difference between forbidden and foreboding

is that forbidden is not allowed while foreboding is of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

As verbs the difference between forbidden and foreboding

is that forbidden is past participle of lang=en while foreboding is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun foreboding is

a sense of evil to come.

forbidden

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not allowed.
  • * 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276
  • This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden' .

    Synonyms

    * prohibited

    foreboding

    English

    Alternative forms

    * forboding (much less commonly used)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sense of evil to come.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
  • A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
  • An evil omen.
  • Synonyms

    * augury

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
  • Verb

    (head)