noun
- plural of foreboder; people or things that indicate or suggest something bad will happen in the future
Usage: typically used in literary or formal contexts; often refers to omens, signs, or portents
Examples
- Dark clouds gathered on the horizon, foreboders of the coming storm.
- The ancient texts described foreboders that warned of the kingdom's fall.
- Many considered the unusual animal behavior to be foreboders of disaster.
- The soothsayer interpreted the foreboders in the entrails of the sacrificed bird.
- Economic indicators served as foreboders of the recession ahead.