Uneasiness vs Foreboding - What's the difference?
uneasiness | foreboding | Related terms |
The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
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An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
* 1860 , (Charles Dickens), (Great Expectations)
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.
Uneasiness is a related term of foreboding.
As nouns the difference between uneasiness and foreboding
is that uneasiness is the state of being uneasy, nervous or restless 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
.uneasiness
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Noun
(es)- Finding that the afternoon coach was gone, and finding that his uneasiness grew into positive alarm, as obstacles came in his way, he resolved to follow in a post-chaise.
Synonyms
* (being nervous) unease * (anxiety) seeforeboding
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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.