Boding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Boding is an adjective meaning foreboding, ominous, portending.
Meaning
foreboding, ominous, portending.
More Meanings
- gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.
- present participle and gerund of bode
Example Sentences
[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; […]
Word Forms
- bodings
Synonyms for boding
Depending on context, synonyms include inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, dire.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreboding, presentiment, premonition, tremblers, presagious, portentive.
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