bodeful en · ADJ
Etymology
From bode + -ful.
Meanings
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Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
It is a voice bodeful of death or of life.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book VI (Thermidor), page 383:They came ungraciously, but after his dark, bodeful hints as to the necessity of their attending service at the grazier's homestead next day, he was invited inside and a place was cleared for him at the table.
1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most bodeful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more bodeful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
dire · star-crossed · fatal · prodigious · sullen · ominous · presagious · divine · portentous · bodeful · baleful · inauspicious · inauspicious · presageful · inauspicate · ill-starred · ill-fated · foreboding · portentous · brooding · disastrous · sinister · omenic · nefastous · ill-omened · ill-boding · boding · augurous
Translations (2)
bg злокобен (Portentous; ominous) · bg зловещ (Portentous; ominous)