ill-boding

American  

[il-boh-ding] / ˈɪlˈboʊ dɪŋ /

adjective

1. foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky.

   ill-boding stars.

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Etymology

Origin of ill-boding

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

They came to the Rio Merarwi and here, stars ill-boding, three of their canoes capsized, dumping out five months' provender and sending the party speedily homewards.

From Time Magazine Archive

With those ill-boding words the third day closed since Pippin came to Minas Tirith.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

"Thou cursed thing," he cried in scorn, "That ever such 'Luck' should be; From Muncaster's house, ill-boding fiend, Thou shalt vanish eternally."

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

Its supposed ill-boding nature is alluded to in Shakespeare’s Henry VI., where Suffolk desires for his enemies “their sweetest shade, a grove of cypress trees.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

How must ill-boding horrors fill their breast, When she beholds men, mark'd above the rest For qualities most dear, plung'd from that height, And sunk, deep sunk, in second childhood's night!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 by Various