boding
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊdɪŋ/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊdɪŋ, (General American) -oʊdɪŋ
- Hyphenation: bod‧ing
Adjective
[edit]boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)
- 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
[edit]boding (plural bodings)
Verb
[edit]boding
- present participle and gerund of bode
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