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boding

American  
[boh-ding] / ˈboʊ dɪŋ /

noun

  1. a foreboding; omen.


adjective

  1. foreboding; ominous.

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Etymology

Origin of boding

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English bodunge announcement ( bode 1, -ing 1 ); (adj.) bode 1 + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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Boding well: Turnout for “Rocketman” was gender balanced — almost evenly — and ticket buyers gave the film an A-minus grade in CinemaScore exit polls.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2019

Boding well for Reed is that all of them own green jackets.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 8, 2018

Boding well for Warner is an unconventional arrangement for Christopher Nolan’s coming “Interstellar.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2014

Boding gloom, full-orbed, could be had for that.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

The case, which excites considerable interest among the �lite of Boding and district, will come on the tapis the first day of the meeting.

From Much Darker Days by Lang, Andrew