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misboding

misboding is the present participle and gerund of misbode.

Meaning of misbode

Verb

misbode (third-person singular simple present misbodes, present participle misboding, simple past and past participle misboded)

  1. To sense or foreshadow impending disaster.
    • So, on the other hand, when the Day of Grace is set, 'tis easy to imagine how much that Conscience' that now misbodes and condemns us, will be filled with greater and intolerable Despair ;1722, Richard Lucas, Sermons on several occasions and subjects - Volume 1, page 287
  2. To foreshadow the future incorrectly.
    • This was similar to the Rambam's comment that the prophets would be misboded when they would want to attain prophecy, suggesting a link between davening and the prophetic state.1983, Aryeh Kaplan, The Aryeh Kaplan Reader: The Gift He Left Behind, →ISBN

Adjective

misboding (comparative more misboding, superlative most misboding)

  1. Feeling a sense of impending disaster.
    • My panting heart Could not resist the strong misboding throbs, That rack'd my breast.1816, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Il Ratto di Proserpina; or, the Rape of Proserpine
    • The tone of this letter convinced Somerset of the inutility of resistance : and with a misboding heart he invited his adversaries to Windsor '.1826, John Lingard, A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans

Noun

misboding (plural misbodings)

  1. A presentiment of something bad.
    • Still, with all his misbodings, and with the signs of disaffection everywhere, he could have been but imperfectly aware of what was daily and hourly passing in the Castle of Framlingham, on which the royal standard waved.1845, George Ayliffe Poole, A history of England, to the accession of queen Victoria
    • But the reality far surpasses my most gloomy misbodings.1847, John MacHale, The Letters of the Most Reverend John Mac Hale, page 205

Forms of misboding

Adjective
comparativemore misboding
superlativemost misboding
Noun
pluralmisbodings

Questions about misboding

What does misboding mean?
Misboding means feeling a sense of impending disaster.
What is misboding the present participle and gerund of?
Misboding is the present participle and gerund of misbode.
What part of speech is misboding?
Misboding can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near misboding in the dictionary

  1. misblows
  2. misboard
  3. misbode
  4. misboded
  5. misbodes
  6. misboding
  7. misbodings
  8. misbore
  9. misborn
  10. misborne
  11. misbought

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