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boding

[ boh-ding ]
/ ˈboʊ dɪŋ /

noun

a foreboding; omen.

adjective

foreboding; ominous.

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Origin of boding

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English bodunge announcement (see bode1, -ing1); (adj.) bode1 + -ing2

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Words related to boding

signify, omen, offer, predict, stop, betoken, forecast, herald, indicate, forebode, foretell, augur, message, portend, presage, foreshow

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