foreboding

adj : of ominous significance [syn: {fateful}, {foreboding(a)}, {portentous}]

n 1: a feeling of evil to come: "a steadily escalating sense of

foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the

judge would dismiss the case" [syn: {premonition}, {presentiment},

{boding}]

2: an unfavorable omen