| Main Entry: | handwriting on the wall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impending misfortune |
Synonyms: |
forewarning, inevitability, portents and evils imminent, warning, writing on the wall |
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, stars, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
| Main Entry: | foreboding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misgiving, bad omen |
Synonyms: |
anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, bad vibes, chill, dread, fear, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, portent, prediction, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prophecy, sinking feeling, vibes, warning, wind change |
Antonyms: |
fortune, good omen, luck, providence |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, approaching, brewing, close, coming, expectant, fast-approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, immediate, impending, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, possible, probable, see it coming, threatening, to come, unavoidable, unescapable |
Antonyms: |
distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | impending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forthcoming |
Synonyms: |
approaching, at hand, brewing, coming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, hovering, imminent, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, looking to, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, on the horizon, overhanging, portending, proximate, see it coming, threatening, waiting to |
Antonyms: |
distant, later, never, remote |
| Main Entry: | kismet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, fortune |
Synonyms: |
Lady Luck, chance, destination, destiny, divine will, doom, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, karma, lot, luck, portion, predestination, providence |
| Main Entry: | portent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, forewarning |
Synonyms: |
augury, bodement, boding, caution, clue, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretoken, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, harbinger, hunch, omen, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication, sign, sinking feeling, threat, vibes, warning |
| Main Entry: | sign of things to come |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
Synonyms: |
danger sign, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall, harbinger, portent, prediction, preindication, premonition, sign, signal, warning, warning sign |
| Main Entry: | predestinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fate |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, break*, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destine, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, foreordain, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma*, kismet*, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, predestine, predetermine, preordain, providence, stars*, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
| Main Entry: | predestine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fate |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, break*, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destine, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, foreordain, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma*, kismet*, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestinate, predestination, predetermine, preordain, providence, stars*, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |