foreboding vs dread
dread vs forebodingforeboding and dread both are nouns.
foreboding and dread both are adjectives.
foreboding is not a verb while dread is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| foreboding | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| dread | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
dread is a hypernym of
foreboding; that is, dread is a
word with a broader meaning than foreboding:
- foreboding: a feeling of evil to come
- dread: fearful expectation or anticipation
Other hypernyms of foreboding include
apprehension, apprehensiveness.
| foreboding (noun) | dread (noun) |
|---|---|
| an unfavorable omen | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| a feeling of evil to come |
| foreboding (adjective) | dread (adjective) |
|---|---|
| ominously prophetic | causing fear or dread or terror |
| foreboding (verb) | dread (verb) |
|---|---|
| be afraid or scared of; be frightened of |
Words related to "foreboding"
Words related to "dread"
- affright
- alarming
- apprehend
- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- awful
- boding
- chill
- dire
- direful
- dreaded
- dreadful
- fear
- fearful
- fearfulness
- fearsome
- foreboding
- fright
- frighten
- frightening
- gloom
- gloominess
- horrendous
- horrific
- pall
- panic
- premonition
- presentiment
- quail at
- scare
- somberness
- sombreness
- suspense
- terrible
- trepidation
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