Foreboding vs Misgiving - What's the difference?
foreboding | misgiving | Synonyms |
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 synonym of misgiving.
As nouns the difference between foreboding and misgiving
is that foreboding is a sense of evil to come while misgiving is doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread.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.