Ill-boding
Ill-boding adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Usage example: in an ill-boding turn of events, the government began rounding up political dissidents
Menacing and ill-boding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Menacing" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-boding".
Menacing
Menacing adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Usage example: warns that the emergence of new viruses is one of the most menacing developments we face
Ill-boding and menacing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ill-boding" instead an adjective "Menacing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- foreboding and ill-boding
- foreboding and menacing
- forbidding and ill-boding
- forbidding and menacing
- baleful and ill-boding
- baleful and menacing
- sinister and ill-boding
- sinister and menacing
- inauspicious and ill-boding
- inauspicious and menacing
- dangerous and ill-boding
- dangerous and menacing
- evil and ill-boding
- evil and menacing
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