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bodeful

bodeful adjective: portentous; ominous; foreboding.

Adjective

bodeful (comparative more bodeful, superlative most bodeful)

  1. Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
    • It is a voice bodeful of death or of life.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book VI (Thermidor), page 383
    • They came ungraciously, but after his dark, bodeful hints as to the necessity of their attending service at the grazier's homestead next day, he was invited inside and a place was cleared for him at the table.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 66

Synonyms of bodeful

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Forms of bodeful

comparativemore bodeful
superlativemost bodeful

Origin of bodeful

From bode + -ful.

Questions about bodeful

What does bodeful mean?
Bodeful means portentous; ominous; foreboding.
What part of speech is bodeful?
Bodeful is an adjective.

Words near bodeful in the dictionary

  1. bode one's time
  2. bode tryst
  3. Bode's law
  4. boded
  5. bodedst
  6. bodeful
  7. bodega
  8. Bodega Bay
  9. bodega cat
  10. bodega cats
  11. Bodega Miwok

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