(boding ill)

  • 1Ill-boding — Ill bod ing, a. Boding evil; inauspicious; ill omened. Ill boding stars. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Ill — Ill, adv. In a ill manner; badly; weakly. [1913 Webster] How ill this taper burns! Shak. [1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Note: Ill, like above, well,… …

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  • 3ill — Synonyms and related words: abomination, affection, ailing, ailment, amiss, apocalyptic, atrocity, bad, badly, baleful, bane, baneful, befoulment, below par, black, blight, bodeful, boding, complaint, condition, corruption, criminal, critically… …

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  • 4ill-fated — Synonyms and related words: apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bodeful, boding, dark, dire, doomful, dreary, evil, evil starred, fateful, foreboding, gloomy, ill, ill boding, ill omened, ill starred, inauspicious, lowering, menacing, of… …

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  • 5ill-boding — [il′bōd′iŋ] adj. boding evil; ominous …

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  • 6ill-boding — index dire, ominous, portentous (ominous), regrettable, unfavorable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 7ill-bod|ing — «IHL BOH dihng», adjective. that bodes evil; ominous; unfavorable: »O malignant and ill boding stars (Shakespeare) …

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  • 8ill-boding — ill′ bod′ing adj. foreboding evil; unlucky • Etymology: 1585–95 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9ill-boding — /il boh ding/, adj. foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky: ill boding stars. [1585 95] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 10ill-boding — /ˈɪl boʊdɪŋ/ (say il bohding) adjective foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky: ill boding stars …