fateful vs foreboding what difference
what is difference between fateful and foreboding
English
Etymology
From fate + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪtfəl/
Adjective
fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)
- Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
- It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.
- Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Derived terms
- fatefully
Translations
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)
- A sense of evil to come.
- Synonym: augury
- An evil omen.
Translations
Adjective
foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)
- Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Verb
foreboding
- present participle of forebode
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