ill-boding (Meaning)
ill-boding (a.)
Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.
Synonyms & Antonyms of ill-boding
Synonyms:
- sullen
- unpromising
- saturnine
- plutonian
- disconsolate
- miserable
- cheerless
- drear
- dismal
- ill-fated
- dreich
- malignant
- evil
- godforsaken
- malign
- dreary
- tenebrific
- elegiacal
- sunless
- wretched
- cloudy
- discouraging
- disheartening
- Cimmerian
- hopeless
- comfortless
- chill
- troubled
- unlucky
- lonesome
- tenebrous
- glum
- unpropitious
- morose
- dim
- lugubrious
- gloomy
- elegiac
- sepulchral
- funereal
- ill-starred
- forlorn
Antonyms:
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.
menacing, sinister,ominous, cold, direful, depressive, doomy,threatening, black, somber
favorable, bright, unthreatening, benign, prosperous, hopeful, golden, benign, hopeful, 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.