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Prophetic 84% connected

Alt. of Prophetical

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Prophetic 84% connected

Alt. of Prophetical

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Prophetical 84% connected

Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.

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Prophetical 84% connected

Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.

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Broader term 9

Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Apprehensiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being apprehensive.

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Dread 76% connected

To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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Omen 76% connected

An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a p…

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Portent 76% connected

That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

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Presage 76% connected

Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

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Prodigy 76% connected

Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed…

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Prognostic 76% connected

Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

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Prognostication 76% connected

The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.

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Narrower term 2

Presage 76% connected

Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

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Shadow 76% connected

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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Derivationally related 2

Prognosticate 74% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

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Prognosticate 74% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

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Synonym 5

Boding 92% connected

of Bode

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Fateful 92% connected

Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Portentous 92% connected

Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Premonition 92% connected

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Presentiment 92% connected

Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distre…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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