Boding
/ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent. form-of, gerund
- 2 a feeling of evil to come wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bode form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 foreboding, ominous, portending.
"[E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]"
Example
More examples"[E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]"
Etymology
From bode + -ing.