Staid vs Foreboding - What's the difference?
staid | foreboding |
Serious, organized, and professional; sober
* 1915 , ":
*:He wondered what had become of the boys who were his companions: they were nearly thirty now; some would be dead, but others were married and had children; they were soldiers and parsons, doctors, lawyers; they were staid men who were beginning to put youth behind them.
Always fixed in the same location; stationary
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.
As nouns the difference between staid and foreboding
is that staid is trail, track or staid can be stately woman 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
.staid
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* (serious) composed, regular, sedate, steadyAntonyms
* (serious) fanciful, volatile, wildAnagrams
* ----foreboding
English
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.