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  • 1.3 Adjective
  • 1.4 Noun
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  • 1.6 Derived terms
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From bode + -ing.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊdɪŋ, (General American) -oʊdɪŋ
• Hyphenation: bod‧ing

boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)

1. foreboding, ominous, portending.
   Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous
   • 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, […], →OCLC, page 65:
     [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; […]

boding (plural bodings)

1. gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.

boding

1. present participle and gerund of bode

• bodingly

• ill-boding

• unboding

• Dobing

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• Rhymes:English/əʊdɪŋ
• Rhymes:English/əʊdɪŋ/2 syllables
• Rhymes:English/oʊdɪŋ
• Rhymes:English/oʊdɪŋ/2 syllables
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