Vorahnung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anticipation noun The feeling of excitement or nervousness while waiting for something to happen.
- foreboding noun A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.
- foreshadowing noun A technique in storytelling in which a writer plants hints early on about something that will happen later, so the eventual event feels prepared for rather than random.
- premonition noun A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, before there is any real evidence of it.
- presentiment noun A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
Senses
Vorahnung is used for these senses in English:
- anticipation The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- foreboding A sense of evil to come.
- foreshadowing (literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
- presentiment A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
anticipation — full definition
- noun The feeling of excitement or nervousness while waiting for something to happen.
- noun The act of expecting or preparing for something before it occurs.
foreboding — full definition
- noun A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.
- adj Suggesting that something bad is coming; ominous.