Definition of "foreboding"

foreboding

noun
plural forebodings
1. A sense of evil to come.
  Quotations
  To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end.
  1876–1877, Henry James, Jr., chapter XIII, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, page 229
  A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
  1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 41
2. An evil omen.
adjective
comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding
1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
  Quotations
  Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next
  2018, “Blood on the Street”, performed by Soulfly
verb
1. present participle and gerund of forebode