boding

Noun
Synonyms: forebodingpremonitionpresentiment

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a feeling of evil to come“a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”“the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”Synonyms: forebodingpremonitionpresentiment
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bode \Bode\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo?a to announce, Sw. b[*a]da to announce, portend. [root]89. See Bid.] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. [1913 Webster]

A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Good onset bodes good end. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Boding \Bod"ing\ (b[=o]d"[i^]ng), a. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
Boding \Bod"ing\, n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding. [1913 Webster]
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