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100 Best Synonyms for “Foreboding”

August 1, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. agitation nervous troubled excitement
2. angst deep anxious dread
3. anxiety worry about what may happen
4. apprehension anxious expectation of trouble
5. bad feeling sense that something is wrong
6. bad sign unfavorable sign of trouble
7. bad vibe negative threatening feeling
8. balefulness harmful threatening quality
9. black feeling dark uneasy mood
10. boding a sense of coming evil
11. chill cold feeling of fear
12. cold fear icy intense dread
13. cold sweat physical sign of dread
14. concern worried feeling about something
15. consternation sudden anxious dismay
16. creepiness disturbing sense of menace
17. dark feeling gloomy sense of danger
18. dark portent sign of coming harm
19. dismay distress at something threatening
20. disquiet disturbed uneasiness or worry
21. doom certain terrible fate
22. doomfulness quality of suggesting doom
23. doubt uncertain uneasy suspicion
24. dread great fear of something coming
25. edginess tense nervous unease
26. evil expectation anticipation of something bad
27. evil feeling sense of approaching harm
28. evil foretaste early sense of coming harm
29. evil omen sign of coming trouble
30. fear expectation of danger or harm
31. fearful anticipation expectation filled with fear
32. feeling of dread strong fear of what approaches
33. flutter brief nervous fear
34. forewarning advance sense of danger
35. frisson sudden shiver of fear
36. gloom dark hopeless feeling
37. grimness harsh gloomy threat
38. gut feeling instinctive sense of trouble
39. hazard possible source of danger
40. heart-sink sudden drop of dread
41. heaviness oppressive troubled feeling
42. heebie-jeebies nervous fearful sensation
43. hesitation pause caused by unease
44. hunch intuitive feeling about trouble
45. ill ease uneasy discomfort or anxiety
46. ill sign bad sign for the future
47. inkling slight sense of something wrong
48. inner warning private sense of danger
49. jitters nervous fearful unease
50. jumpiness easily startled nervousness
51. low dread subtle persistent fear
52. malaise general uneasy discomfort
53. menacing feeling feeling of looming danger
54. menacingness quality of seeming threatening
55. misdoubt suspicion mixed with unease
56. misexpectation expectation of something bad
57. misfortune ahead expected trouble in the future
58. misgiving a feeling of doubt or dread
59. mistrust uneasy lack of confidence
60. nagging fear persistent anxious dread
61. nerves anxious fearful state
62. nervousness anxious unsettled feeling
63. nightmare sense feeling of looming horror
64. omen sign of future trouble
65. ominous air threatening atmosphere or feeling
66. ominous anticipation threatening expectation of events
67. ominous feeling threatening uneasy impression
68. ominousness threatening sense of future harm
69. oppression heavy burdened unease
70. pang sharp stab of dread
71. perturbation anxious mental disturbance
72. pessimism expectation of bad outcomes
73. portent warning sign of future evil
74. portentousness quality of suggesting disaster
75. premonition a feeling something bad will happen
76. presentiment intuitive sense of coming trouble
77. qualm uneasy feeling of doubt
78. qualms uneasy doubts or fears
79. reservation lingering doubt or concern
80. restlessness uneasy inability to relax
81. risk chance of something bad
82. second thoughts renewed doubts and unease
83. sense of doom feeling disaster is coming
84. sinister feeling threatening, evil impression
85. sinisterness quality of seeming evil
86. sinking feeling sudden sense of dread
87. suspense anxious uncertainty about events
88. suspicion sense that something is wrong
89. tension strained anxious feeling
90. the creeps uneasy fearful feeling
91. threat sense of possible harm
92. threatening feeling sense of danger approaching
93. trepidation fearful uncertainty about what comes
94. troubled anticipation anxious expectation of trouble
95. unease a troubled, worried feeling
96. uneasy feeling troubled sense of concern
97. vibe of doom atmosphere of coming disaster
98. wariness cautious sense of possible danger
99. wary feeling cautious uneasy impression
100. worry troubled expectation of problems
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