English Explanatory Dictionary

boding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. foreboding, ominous, portending.
noun
  1. gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bode

Pronunciation

/ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boding.wav /ˈboʊdɪŋ/

Word forms

boding more boding most boding bodings

Etymology

From bode + -ing.

Synonyms

inauspicious portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal foreboding ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicate nefastous omenic ominous brooding presageful presagious prodigious sinister star-crossed sullen

Derived words

bodingly ill-boding unboding
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