Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misbode

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-bode
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sense or foreshadow impending disaster.

verb

To foreshadow the future incorrectly.

Example Sentences

"So, on the other hand, when the Day of Grace is set, 'tis easy to imagine how much that Conscience' that now misbodes and condemns us, will be filled with greater and intolerable Despair ;"
"My only desire to be with you, if possibly I could, is to knowe what you must not or dare not write, for I misbode some greate matter."
"This was similar to the Rambam's comment that the prophets would be misboded when they would want to attain prophecy, suggesting a link between davening and the prophetic state."

Etymology

From mis- + bode.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misbodes (present, singular) misboding (participle, present) misboded (participle, past) misboded (past)

Questions

What does misbode mean?: To sense or foreshadow impending disaster.
Where does misbode come from?: From mis- + bode.

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