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

In Ava DuVernay’s 2014 movie “Selma,” for example, the singer’s ill-boding cover of Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” plays during the climactic scene, as marchers are beaten while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

From New York Times

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

From Literature

North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency warned Sunday that an effort by South Korea to link reconciliation to denuclearization was “ill-boding” and risked “chilling the atmosphere.”

From Seattle Times

Santiago, working with what he called “bad fastball command,” went on to walk two men in the inning before pitching out of the ill-boding jam.

From Los Angeles Times

The US is not immune to these ill-boding trends whose great beneficiary and hero du jour is Donald Trump.

From The Guardian