noun
- an omen or portent, especially of something bad or threatening
Usage: literary; somewhat archaic
Examples
- The dark clouds were seen as a boding of the storm to come.
- She felt an ill boding about the journey ahead.
- The ravens circling overhead seemed like a boding of misfortune.
- His strange dream was taken as a boding of future troubles.
- The old woman spoke of evil bodings in the wind.
- Despite the cheerful preparations, there was an ominous boding in the air.