ill-boding Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- baleful
- ill
- bleak
- direful
- darkening
- murky
- dire
- unfortunate
- lonely
- sombre
- minatory
- black
- inauspicious
- somber
- morbid
- depressing
- unfavorable
- portentous
- foreboding
- depressive
- threatening
- doomy
- desolate
- gray
- cold
- grey
- dark
Weak:
- elegiac
- disheartening
- hopeless
- unpropitious
- sunless
- forlorn
- cheerless
- lonesome
- wretched
- unpromising
- plutonian
- drear
- dismal
- saturnine
- unlucky
- ill-fated
- chill
- troubled
- elegiacal
- malign
- sullen
- tenebrific
- ill-starred
- morose
- dreary
- discouraging
- godforsaken
- sepulchral
- miserable
- cimmerian
- funereal
- cloudy
- tenebrous
- lugubrious
- evil
- gloomy
- dreich
- glum
- comfortless
- disconsolate
- dim
- malignant
ill-boding Meaning
ill-boding (a.)
Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.
ill-boding Sentence Examples
- The sky grew ominously dark, casting an ill-boding shadow over the village.
- The ominous silence before the storm filled the air with an ill-boding dread.
- The doctor's prognosis was ill-boding, leaving little hope for recovery.
- The sudden drop in temperature and the howling wind were ill-boding signs of an approaching blizzard.
- The ill-boding news of the job losses spread like wildfire through the town.
- The fortune teller's predictions were ill-boding, foretelling a difficult and uncertain future.
- The ill-boding omen of a black cat crossing my path sent shivers down my spine.
- The ill-boding laughter of the clown echoed through the empty circus tent, creating an eerie atmosphere.
- The ill-boding growl of the dog at the stranger made my heart skip a beat.
- The ill-boding creaks and groans coming from the old house were a constant reminder of its ominous history.
FAQs About the word ill-boding
Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.
sinister, menacing,ominous, baleful, ill, bleak, direful, darkening, murky, dire
bright, prosperous, benign, favorable, prosperous, golden, promising, hopeful, unthreatening,favorable
The sky grew ominously dark, casting an ill-boding shadow over the village.
The ominous silence before the storm filled the air with an ill-boding dread.
The doctor's prognosis was ill-boding, leaving little hope for recovery.
The sudden drop in temperature and the howling wind were ill-boding signs of an approaching blizzard.
