Foreboding vs Unlucky - What's the difference?
foreboding | unlucky |
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.
unfortunate, marked by misfortune
inauspicious
having ill luck
bringing ill luck
As adjectives the difference between foreboding and unlucky
is that foreboding is of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty while unlucky is unfortunate, marked by misfortune.As a noun foreboding
is a sense of evil to come.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.