ill-boding

adjective

Which bodes evil; portending bad things.

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inauspiciousportentousaugurousbalefulbodefulbodingdiredisastrous
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Meanings

adjectiveill-boding (comparative more ill-boding, superlative most ill-boding)

comparative more ill-boding · superlative most ill-boding

  1. Which bodes evil; portending bad things.

    Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWhich bodes evil; portending bad things.

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inauspiciousportentousaugurousbalefulbodefulbodingdiredisastrousdivinefatalforebodingill-fatedill-omenedill-starredinauspicateinauspiciousnefastousomenicominous
Also see
augurousbalefulbodefulbodingdiredisastrousdivinefatalforebodingill-omenedill-starredinauspicateinauspiciousnefastousomenicominouspeakportentouspresagefulpresagiousprodigioussinisterstar-crossedthwartunfavourableunhappyunlucky

Origin

From ill + boding.

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Translations

Bulgarian злокобен
  • злокобен (zlokoben)which bodes evil
Finnish pahaenteinen
  • pahaenteinenwhich bodes evil
Swedish olycksbådande, illavarslande
  • olycksbådandewhich bodes evil
  • illavarslandewhich bodes evil
Cite this entry
APA

ill-boding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-boding

MLA

“ill-boding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-boding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ill-boding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-boding.

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