boding

[ boh-ding ]

/ ˈboʊ dɪŋ /

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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

bod·ing·ly, adverbnon·bod·ing, adjectivenon·bod·ing·ly, adverbpre·bod·ing, adjective

un·bod·ing, adjectivewell-boding, adjective

The arrow at last struck its mark, and my boding heart then whispered how this would end.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863|Various
That remark stood now explained, and in a very grim and boding sense did the explanation strike them.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley|Bertram Mitford
Each leaf that moves doth thrill this wretched frame With boding and with dread.
The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria|Pedro Calderon de la Barca
The doctor, peering after him with strange, sad eyes, shook a boding head.
Cursed|George Allan England

Tell me that we shall be happy yet; for oh, I have a boding heart this day!
By order of the company|Mary Johnston