Boding

//ˈbəʊdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent. form-of, gerund
  2. 2
    a feeling of evil to come wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bode form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 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; […]"

Synonyms

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apocalypticapprehensionaugurousaugurybadbaleful

Example

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"[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.

Related phrases

ill-boding

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