ill-boding Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- desolate
- threatening
- baleful
- inauspicious
- ill
- direful
- bleak
- cold
- lonely
- foreboding
- black
- depressive
- morbid
- unfortunate
- minatory
- murky
- darkening
- somber
- dark
- depressing
- grey
- doomy
- portentous
- unfavorable
- dire
- gray
- sombre
Weak:
- evil
- tenebrific
- cimmerian
- sunless
- discouraging
- elegiac
- tenebrous
- dismal
- cheerless
- forlorn
- malignant
- funereal
- disheartening
- malign
- dreich
- troubled
- unpromising
- saturnine
- hopeless
- godforsaken
- plutonian
- sepulchral
- comfortless
- wretched
- miserable
- lonesome
- drear
- unpropitious
- chill
- gloomy
- ill-starred
- elegiacal
- unlucky
- dreary
- morose
- disconsolate
- lugubrious
- cloudy
- sullen
- ill-fated
- glum
- dim
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.
ominous, sinister, menacing, desolate,threatening, baleful, inauspicious, ill, direful, bleak
golden, favorable, prosperous, promising, benign, bright, prosperous, promising, bright, unthreatening
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.
