ˈill-ˈboding, a.
[ill- 2.]
That bodes or portends evil; of evil omen.
| 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. v. 6 Malignant and ill-boading Starres. 1641 Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 45 There cannot be a more ill-boding signe to a Nation. 1720 Welton Suffer. Son of God II. xxviii. 740 Unhappy Time! Ill-boding hours! 1855 Singleton Virgil I. 101 Dogs ill-omened, and ill-boding birds, Afforded presages. |