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ill-boding

ill-boding adjective: which bodes evil; portending bad things.

Adjective

ill-boding (comparative more ill-boding, superlative most ill-boding)

  1. Which bodes evil; portending bad things.

Synonyms of ill-boding

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Forms of ill-boding

comparativemore ill-boding
superlativemost ill-boding

Origin of ill-boding

From ill + boding.

Questions about ill-boding

What does ill-boding mean?
Ill-boding means which bodes evil; portending bad things.
What part of speech is ill-boding?
Ill-boding is an adjective.

Words near ill-boding in the dictionary

  1. ill-affected
  2. ill-assorted
  3. ill-begotten
  4. ill-behaved
  5. ill-being
  6. ill-boding
  7. ill-bred
  8. ill-chosen
  9. ill-concealed
  10. ill-conceived
  11. ill-conditioned

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