VERB | communication | presage, bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict | indicate by signs |
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NOUN | feeling | presage | a foreboding about what is about to happen / happen / happen |
event | presage, omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | a sign of something about to happen |
Sounds | preh'sihjh | |
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Rhymes | abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... |
Meaning | A foreboding about what is about to happen / happen / happen. | |
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Broader | foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding | A feeling of evil to come |
Spanish | presagio | |
Catalan | presagi |
Meaning | A sign of something about to happen. | |
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Synonyms | omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | |
Narrower | auspice | A favorable omen |
death knell | An omen of death or destruction | |
foreboding | An unfavorable omen | |
Broader | augury, sign, foretoken, preindication | An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
Spanish | agüero, anuncio, augurio, auspicio, premonición, presagio, pronóstico | |
Catalan | anunci, auguri, averany, premonició, presagi, prodigi, senyal | |
Verbs | presage | indicate by signs |
Meaning | Indicate by signs. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict | |
Narrower | foreshow | foretell by divine inspiration |
threaten | To be a menacing indication of something | |
Broader | bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal | Be a signal for or a symptom of |
Spanish | agorar, anunciarse, augurar, predecir, prefigurar, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
Catalan | augurar, predir, presagiar, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
Nouns | presage | a sign of something about to happen |
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