Intimation vs Foreboding - What's the difference?
intimation | foreboding | Related terms |
The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
Announcement; declaration.
* (Holland)
A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
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* 1862 , (Henry David Thoreau), :
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.
Intimation is a related term of foreboding.
As nouns the difference between intimation and foreboding
is that intimation is the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated while foreboding is a sense of evil to come.As an adjective foreboding is
of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.As a verb foreboding is
.intimation
English
Noun
(en noun)- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
- Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.
- At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.
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.