different between uneasiness vs foreboding

uneasiness

English

Etymology

From uneasy +? -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?i?zin?s/
  • Hyphenation: un?easi?ness

Noun

uneasiness (countable and uncountable, plural uneasinesses)

  1. The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
  2. An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
    • 1860, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
      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): disease (dis-ease), unease
  • (anxiety): see Thesaurus:fear

Translations

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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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