foreboding

Etymology

From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + boding. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).

noun

1. A sense of evil to come.
   A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him. 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 41
2. An evil omen.

adj

1. Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
   Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next 2018, “Blood on the Street”, performed by Soulfly

verb

1. present participle and gerund of forebode