Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-boding
Adjective
  • The fall in the dollar and rise in bond yields that went with it have been truly ominous.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Thorne starred in the film as a young woman who discovers her father has been killed after returning to her small hometown, while Rourke, 72, starred as a sinister sheriff.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • As digitally dropped threats from an unknown predator grow increasingly sinister during the protagonist’s big date at a Chicago restaurant, the messages blast across the big screen in huge letters, or plaster an entire wall of the ladies’ restroom.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Until Henry momentarily excuses himself from the table, that is, and the person or persons behind these winky-wink messages tell her to poison Henry ASAP or the menacing guy currently hiding in her apartment will kill her boy.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Ivan Koloff Oreal Donald Perras, wrestling as Ivan Koloff, became synonymous with the menacing Soviet villain.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Ill-boding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-boding. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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