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Definitions for Boding

[1] a foreboding; omen.
[2] foreboding; ominous.
[3] to be an omen of; portend: The news bodes evil days for him.
[4] Archaic . to announce beforehand; predict.
[5] to portend: The news bodes well for him.
[6] a simple past tense of bide.
[7] to be an omen of (good or ill, esp of ill); portend; presage
[8] (tr) archaic to predict; foretell
[9] the past tense of bide

Words related to Boding

signify, omen, offer, predict, stop, betoken, forecast, herald, indicate, forebode, foretell, augur, message, portend, presage, foreshow

Words nearby Boding

bodice, bodice ripper, bodied, bodiless, bodily, boding, bodkin, bodleian, bodley, bodmin, bodoni

Origin of Boding

e1before 1000; Middle English boden, Old English bodian to announce, foretell (cognate with Old Norse botha ), derivative of boda messenger, cognate with German Bote, Old Norse bothi

Other words from Boding

bod·ing·ly , adverb
non·bod·ing , adjective
non·bod·ing·ly , adverb
pre·bod·ing , adjective
un·bod·ing , adjective
well-bod·ing , adjective

Word origin for Boding

eOld English bodian ; related to Old Norse botha to proclaim, Old Frisian bodia to invite

Synonyms for Boding

augur, betoken, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, herald, indicate, message, offer, omen, portend, predict, presage, signify, stop