boding UK /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/US /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ adjective1 •foreboding, ominous, portending.[E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […] — 1820 formsbodings · more boding · most boding