Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boding

/ˈboʊdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: bod-ing
IPA: /ˈboʊdɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

foreboding, ominous, portending.

noun

gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.

verb

present participle and gerund of bode

Example Sentences

"[E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈboʊdɪŋ/
British English: /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more boding (comparative) most boding (superlative) bodings (plural)

Derived Forms

bodingly unboding

Phrases

ill-boding

Synonyms

inauspicious portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal foreboding ill-boding

Questions

How do you pronounce boding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboʊdɪŋ/.
What does boding mean?: foreboding, ominous, portending.
Where does boding come from?: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing.

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