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ill–boding
adjective ill–bod·ing \-ˈbō-diŋ\
Definition of ILL-BODING
: boding evil : inauspicious
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First Known Use of ILL-BODING
1591
Related to ILL-BODING
- Synonyms
- baleful, dire, direful, doomy, foreboding, ill, ill-boding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, portentous, sinister, threatening
- Antonyms
- unthreatening
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