boding C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ UK /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a foreboding or presentiment; ominously prophetic She felt a dark boding that the voyage would end badly. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a foreboding or... forebodingpresentimentomenportentpremonitionominousprophetic Word family Related forms bodebodeful Etymology AI details Verbal noun and participle of bode, from Old English bodian ('to announce, foretell'), from boda ('messenger'), from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- ('to be aware'). bodian Old English *bʰewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # boding **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ ## Meanings 1. a foreboding or presentiment; ominously prophetic ## Examples - She felt a dark boding that the voyage would end badly. ## Synonyms - foreboding - presentiment - omen - portent - premonition - ominous - prophetic ## Related Forms - bode - bodeful ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bodian - Root: *bʰewdʰ- ## Etymology Verbal noun and participle of bode, from Old English bodian ('to announce, foretell'), from boda ('messenger'), from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- ('to be aware'). ## AI Etymology Boding is traced as follows: Verbal noun and participle of bode, from Old English bodian ('to announce, foretell'), from boda ('messenger'), from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- ('to be aware'). The historical trail runs through bodian in Old English and *bʰewdʰ- in Proto-Indo-European. Used as a noun and adjective, boding now means "a foreboding or presentiment; ominously prophetic", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as bode and bodeful. The word is therefore part of the inherited Germanic layer of English, even where later usage has narrowed, broadened, or specialized the sense. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown