different between foreboding vs prophetic

foreboding

English

Alternative forms

  • forboding (much less commonly used)

Etymology

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- +? boding. Compare German Vorbote (harbinger, omen).

Noun

foreboding (plural forebodings)

  1. A sense of evil to come.
    Synonym: augury
  2. An evil omen.

Translations

Adjective

foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)

  1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

Verb

foreboding

  1. present participle of forebode

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prophetic

English

Alternative forms

  • prophetical
  • prophetick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin proph?ticus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (proph?tikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p???f?t?k/

Adjective

prophetic (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  2. predicted, as by a prophecy

Translations

Derived terms

  • propheticness

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