boding

English

Etymology

From bode +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊdɪŋ, (General American) -oʊdɪŋ
• Hyphenation: bod‧ing

Adjective

boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)

1. foreboding, ominous, portending.

   Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous

   • 1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 65:

     [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; […]

Noun

boding (plural bodings)

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

Verb

boding

1. present participle and gerund of bode

Derived terms

• bodingly
• ill-boding
• unboding

Anagrams

• Dobing