bodeful

English

Etymology

From bode +‎ -ful.

Adjective

bodeful (comparative more bodeful, superlative most bodeful)

1. Portentous; ominous; foreboding.

   Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous

   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book VI (Thermidor), page 383:

     It is a voice bodeful of death or of life.

   • 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:

     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.

Translations

Portentous; ominous

• Bulgarian: зловещ (bg) (zlovešt), злокобен (bg) (zlokoben)