Foreboding vs Hunch - What's the difference?
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A sense of evil to come.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
An evil omen.
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
A hump; a protuberance.
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
A theory, idea, or guess.
A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Foreboding is a related term of hunch.
As nouns the difference between foreboding and hunch
is that foreboding is a sense of evil to come while hunch is a hump; a protuberance.As verbs the difference between foreboding and hunch
is that foreboding is while hunch is to slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.As an adjective foreboding
is of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.foreboding
English
Alternative forms
* forboding (much less commonly used)Noun
(en noun)- A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
Synonyms
* auguryAdjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)hunch
English
Noun
(es)- The old man walked with a hunch .
- I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.
- a hunch of bread
Synonyms
* (guess) hint, clueVerb
(en verb)- Do not hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.
- (Dryden)