The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OMEN , but the solution may also be OMINOUS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Foreboding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OMEN | 55 % | 4 |
| OMINOUS | 12 % | 7 |
| DREAD | 10 % | 5 |
| DARK | 5 % | 4 |
| ILLOMEN | 5 % | 7 |
| PRESAGE | 2 % | 7 |
| DIRE | 2 % | 4 |
| PREMONITION | 2 % | 11 |
| ILL | 2 % | 3 |
| FEAR | 2 % | 4 |
| SINISTER | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Foreboding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- boding
- portentous
- presentiment
- premonition
- prophetical
- fateful
- prophetic
- omen
- presage
- understanding
- feeling
- apprehension
Crossword Answer definitions
OMEN noun- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
- To be an omen of.
- To divine or predict from omens.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OMEN
- Warning
- "The __" (1976 Gregory Peck film)
- Harbinger
- Portent
- Presage
- Sign of things to come
- 1976 Gregory Peck gothic thriller, "The _____"
- Bellwether in NOME?
- Black cat, maybe
- A sign of things to come
More clues leading to the result OMINOUS
- Menacing
- Sinister
- Forbidding
- Foreboding
- Inauspicious
- Like dark clouds
- Worrisome
- Threatening
- Portending harm
- Appearing threatening
More clues leading to the result DREAD
- Be afraid of
- Fear
- Profound fear
- Be apprehensive
- Fear greatly
- Shudder
- Feeling of foreboding
- Apprehension
- Awe-inspiring
- No mere worry
More clues leading to the result DARK
- Gloomy
- "____ Shadows"
- Pitch black
- Like film noir
- Unlit
- Chiaroscuro factor
- After sundown
- In shadow
- Foreboding
- Shadowy
More clues leading to the result ILLOMEN
More clues leading to the result PRESAGE
More clues leading to the result DIRE
- Harrowing
- Kind of straits
- Urgent
- Critical
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Macabre
- Straits or consequences preceder
- Very urgent
- Disastrous
More clues leading to the result PREMONITION
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result FEAR
- "Cape __" (De Niro movie)
- Be frightened of
- Dread
- Phobia
- Subject of a famous quote from FDR's inauguration
- North Carolina cape
- Adrenaline releaser
- "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on ___" (Camus)
- Cape in a Nolte flick
- Survival instinct?