foreboding

• forboding (much less commonly used)

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- +‎ boding.

foreboding (plural forebodings)

1. A sense of evil to come.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 41:

     A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.

2. An evil omen.

• augury

foreboding (comparative more foreboding, superlative most foreboding)

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

foreboding

1. present participle of forebode