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