ill-boding

adjective

ill-bod·​ing ˈil-ˈbō-diŋ 

: boding evil : inauspicious

Synonyms

• baleful
• dire
• direful
• doomy
• foreboding
• ill
• inauspicious
• menacing
• minatory
• ominous
• portentous
• sinister
• threatening

Examples of ill-boding in a Sentence

in an ill-boding turn of events, the government began rounding up political dissidents

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above