foretokening
/fɔrˈtoʊkənɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of foretoken; acting as a sign or warning of something.
- The economic indicators are foretokening a recession.
- The darkening sky was foretokening a severe thunderstorm.
- His frequent headaches were foretokening a more serious illness.
noun
- The act or process of giving a sign or warning.
- Ancient people relied on the foretokening of natural events to plan their harvests.
- The foretokening of doom in the story made the readers anxious.
- The foretokening of the event came through a series of strange coincidences.