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foreshadow

verb

/fɔːrˈʃædoʊ/

Meaning

To indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future

Dark clouds foreshadowed an approaching storm.

predict, presage, portend, signal, indicate

ignore, overlook

foreshadow events, foreshadow change, foreshadow disaster, foreshadow future

to plan or have in mind as a purpose; to mean

to be indecisive or unable to make a decision

to separate into parts; to split or break apart

to give a name to someone at baptism or to name something officially

to throw or hang something roughly or carelessly

To make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.