bode
ill
Analysts debated whether this bodes ill for the whole technology sector.
Rising tension between the two states bodes ill for getting peace talks restarted.
The union's determination bodes ill for the bosses.
They don't seem to be talking to each other, which bodes ill.
She had never seen him like this before and couldn't help thinking it boded ill.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Predicting things and intuition
augur
augury
bellwether
betcha
bode
horizon scanning
hunch
inkling
instinct
intuit
premonition
premonitory
presage
prescience
prescient
telepathy
there's no knowing/telling/sayingidiom
unforeseeable
unintuitively
unreasoning