Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misboding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-bod-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of misbode

adj

Feeling a sense of impending disaster.

noun

A presentiment of something bad.

Example Sentences

"My panting heart Could not resist the strong misboding throbs, That rack'd my breast."
"The tone of this letter convinced Somerset of the inutility of resistance : and with a misboding heart he invited his adversaries to Windsor '."
"His thoughts appeared to recur perpetually to the same theme with a misboding iteration."
"The king thus a prisoner in his own palace, with a misboding mind retired to rest a little before midnight."
"Still, with all his misbodings, and with the signs of disaffection everywhere, he could have been but imperfectly aware of what was daily and hourly passing in the Castle of Framlingham, on which the royal standard waved."
"But the reality far surpasses my most gloomy misbodings."

Inflected Forms

more misboding (comparative) most misboding (superlative) misbodings (plural)

Questions

What does misboding mean?: present participle and gerund of misbode

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