bodings
UK/ˈbəʊdɪŋz/US/ˈboʊdɪŋz/
bodings is the plural of boding.
Meaning of boding
Adjective
boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)
- foreboding, ominous, portending.
- [E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle...
- Synonyms:
- inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, foreboding
Questions about bodings
- What is bodings the plural of?
- Bodings is the plural of boding.
- How do you pronounce bodings?
- Bodings is pronounced /ˈbəʊdɪŋz/ (UK).
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