1. (

• presage

) a foreboding about what is about to happen ;

2. (

• omen ,
• portent ,
• presage ,
• prognostic ,
• prognostication ,
• prodigy

) a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" ;

1. (

• bode ,
• portend ,
• auspicate ,
• prognosticate ,
• omen ,
• presage ,
• betoken ,
• foreshadow ,
• augur ,
• foretell ,
• prefigure ,
• forecast ,
• predict ,

) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news" ;