ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.
  2. 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

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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