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Synonyms for ill-boding

  • adjective

Most common

unlucky sinister ominous portentous disastrous ill-fated foreboding baleful

All synonyms

Adjective

ominous, portentous, dire, unlucky, sinister, ill-fated, disastrous, foreboding, baleful, auspicious, propitious, ill-starred, boding, ill-omened, bodeful

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Which bodes evil; portending bad things.

Example sentences

  • unlucky It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
  • sinister Gustavo's tone and mannerisms were really sinister.
  • ominous The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
  • disastrous This can have disastrous results for your career.

By length

4 letters
dire1
6 letters
boding
7 letters
unlucky3, ominous3, baleful2, bodeful
8 letters
sinister3
10 letters
disastrous3, auspicious3, foreboding3, propitious3, portentous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unlucky3 = 3 syllables).