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ill-boding
adjective as in ominous
adjective as in inauspicious
adjective as in ominous
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adjective as in portentous
adjective as in sinister
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adjective as in threatening
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adjective as in ill-boding
adjective as in minatory
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- aggressive
- alarming
- apocalyptic
- at hand
- baleful
- baneful
- black
- bullying
- cautionary
- close
- comminatory
- dangerous
- dire
- fateful
- forthcoming
- grim
- imminent
- impendent
- impending
- inauspicious
- intimidatory
- looming
- loury
- lowering
- lowery
- minacious
- near
- overhanging
- portending
- portentous
- scowling
- sinister
- terrorizing
- ugly
- unlucky
- unpropitious
- unsafe
- upcoming
- warning
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Example Sentences
Mr. Douglas shook hands with him kindly, but from under his iron-gray, bushy brows shot an ill-boding look.
Houlagou did not speak for a little, and into his set face seemed to creep an ill-boding shadow of a smile.
Left to herself, Ruth hesitated before going to her father with her ill-boding tidings.
He too had heard this ill-boding whistle, and the report which echoed under the tilt.
Then you would give up this ill-boding connection, but from notions of delicacy with regard to the time?
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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill-boding, such as: apocalyptic, dire, evil, inauspicious, unfavorable, and unlucky.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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