ill-boding

[ il-boh-ding ]

/ ˈɪlˈboʊ dɪŋ /

foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky: ill-boding stars.

Origin of ill-boding

First recorded in 1585–95

Rouse you, dear child of my love,—rouse you from your ill-boding security.

Discipline |Mary Brunton
The ill-boding tone had however taken such possession of my ear, that I could not get rid of it for the whole day.

Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. |Hermann Pckler-Muskau
Left to herself, Ruth hesitated before going to her father with her ill-boding tidings.

Other Things Being Equal |Emma Wolf
And thus, croaking like the ravens when they anticipate pestilence, the ill-boding sibyls withdrew from the churchyard.

Bride of Lammermoor |Sir Walter Scott

Mr. Douglas shook hands with him kindly, but from under his iron-gray, bushy brows shot an ill-boding look.

Dame Care |Hermann Sudermann