Definitions of prophetical
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foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
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synonyms:
prophetic
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adumbrative, foreshadowing, prefigurative
indistinctly prophetic
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apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory
prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
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clairvoyant, precognitive, second-sighted
foreseeing the future
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Delphic, oracular
obscurely prophetic
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divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
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fateful, foreboding, portentous
ominously prophetic
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precursory, premonitory
warning of future misfortune
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predictive, prognostic, prognosticative
of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
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Antonyms:
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unprophetic
not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly
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nonprognosticative
not offering prognostications
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unpredictive
having no predictive value
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adumbrative, foreshadowing, prefigurative
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