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boding

[ boh-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of boding¹

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English bodunge announcement ( bode ¹, -ing ¹ ); (adj.) bode ¹ + -ing ²

The arrow at last struck its mark, and my boding heart then whispered how this would end.

That remark stood now explained, and in a very grim and boding sense did the explanation strike them.

Each leaf that moves doth thrill this wretched frame With boding and with dread.

The doctor, peering after him with strange, sad eyes, shook a boding head.

Tell me that we shall be happy yet; for oh, I have a boding heart this day!

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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