Foreboding vs Designation - What's the difference?
foreboding | designation | 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.
The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
Foreboding is a related term of designation.
As nouns the difference between foreboding and designation
is that foreboding is a sense of evil to come while designation is designation.As an adjective foreboding
is of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.As a verb foreboding
is .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.