Foreboding vs Affright - What's the difference?
foreboding | affright | Related terms |
A sense of evil to come.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
An evil omen.
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Foreboding is a related term of affright.
As nouns the difference between foreboding and affright
is that foreboding is a sense of evil to come while affright is great fear, terror, fright.As verbs the difference between foreboding and affright
is that foreboding is while affright is to terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright.As an adjective foreboding
is of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.foreboding
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Alternative forms
* forboding (much less commonly used)Noun
(en noun)- A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.