Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boding
1 sense of boding
Sense 1
foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding -- (a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case")
=> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread -- (fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bode
1 sense of bode
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict -- (indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news")
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal -- (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued")