forebode
verb
1 forebode
Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise.
Roget 511:
predict,
prognosticate,
prophesy,
vaticinate,
divine,
foretell,
soothsay,
augurate†,
tell fortunes;
cast a horoscope,
cast a nativity;
advise;
forewarn
etc.
668.
presage,
augur,
bode;
abode,
forebode;
foretoken,
betoken;
prefigure,
preshow†;
portend;
foreshow†,
foreshadow;
shadow forth,
typify,
pretypify†,
ominate†,
signify,
point to.
usher in,
herald,
premise,
announce;
lower.
hold out expectation,
raise expectation,
excite expectation,
excite hope;
bid fair,
promise,
lead one to expect;
be the precursor
etc.
64.
[predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience]
extrapolate,
project.
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Dutch: aankondigen, orakelen, profeteren, voorspellen, voorzeggen
Moby thesaurus: apprehend, be imminent, betoken, bludgeon, bode, bulldoze, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, comminate, croak, denounce, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, fortune-tell, give advance notice, guess, hariolate, have a premonition, have a presentiment, intimidate, look black, look threatening, lower, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, menace, omen, portend, preapprehend, precaution, predict, prefigure, premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, soothsay, speculate, tell fortunes, tell in advance, tell the future, threaten, utter threats against, vaticinate, warn ... show more.
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