foreshow

[fawr-shoh, fohr-] / fɔrˈʃoʊ, foʊr- /

VERB

announce

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indicate predict signal

STRONG

augur forebode forecast foretell harbinger herald portend presage signify

WEAK

forerun

Antonyms

WEAK

be quiet bottle up conceal hide keep secret refrain repress suppress withhold

VERB

betoken

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STRONG

assert augur bespeak betide denote express forebode foreshadow import note omen portend presage show signify symbolize witness

Antonyms

STRONG

deny

VERB

bode

Synonyms

STRONG

augur betoken forebode forecast foretell herald indicate message offer omen portend predict presage signify stop

VERB

portend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augur bespeak foretell predict presage

STRONG

adumbrate betoken bode call forebode forecast forewarn harbinger herald hint omen prognosticate promise prophesy read threaten

WEAK

be in the cards crystal-ball foretoken have a hunch point to premonish see coming warn of

VERB

presage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augur forebode foresee foreshadow foretell portend signify

STRONG

adumbrate announce betoken bode divine feel forecast foretoken forewarn harbinger herald intuit omen prognosticate promise prophesy sense vaticinate warn

WEAK

forerun point to preindicate soothsay

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He well may help these warriors," Sir Hagan straight began, "If ever by good fortune he come to be a man; Yet seems the young king's aspect no long life to foreshow.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Prognos′ticāte, to foreshow: to foretell: to indicate as future by signs.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Pyramids.—These foreshow attainment to honour, fame and wealth.

From Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves by Kent, Cicely

Tell.Ev'ry day such actions Occur in plenty: needs no sign or wonder To foreshow them.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas

Foresignify, fōr-sig′ni-fī, v.t. to betoken beforehand: to foreshow: to typify.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

foreshow

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