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Foreboding vs Unlucky - What's the difference?

foreboding | unlucky |

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

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)
  • unlucky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • unfortunate, marked by misfortune
  • inauspicious
  • having ill luck
  • bringing ill luck
  • Derived terms

    * unluckily * unluckiness

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