forbode

Plural: forbodes

Noun

A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.

Verb

Verb Forms: forboded, forboding, forbodes

To have a premonition of; to foreshadow or portend.
obsolete simple past of forbid.
Alternative form of forebode.

Examples

The opponent’s long, silent pause did not forbode a good turn for my Scrabble game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *frabudą (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, fully perceive”), equivalent to for- + bode. Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

Scrabble Score: 13

forbode: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
forbode: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forbode: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

forbode: valid Words With Friends Word