ill-boding

[ il-boh-ding ]

adjective

1. foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky:

   ill-boding stars.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-boding¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Mr. Douglas shook hands with him kindly, but from under his iron-gray, bushy brows shot an ill-boding look.

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Houlagou did not speak for a little, and into his set face seemed to creep an ill-boding shadow of a smile.

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Left to herself, Ruth hesitated before going to her father with her ill-boding tidings.

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He too had heard this ill-boding whistle, and the report which echoed under the tilt.

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Then you would give up this ill-boding connection, but from notions of delicacy with regard to the time?

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