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Search phrase: boding

Plays

 9 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.v.6But, O, malignant and ill-boding stars!But O malignant and ill-boading Starres,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.327And boding screech-owls make the consort full!And boading Screech-Owles, make the Consort full.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.vi.59And his ill-boding tongue no more shall speak.And his ill-boading tongue, no more shall speake.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.vi.45The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time;The Night-Crow cry'de, aboding lucklesse time,
OthelloOth IV.i.22Boding to all! – he had my handkerchief.Boading to all) he had my Handkerchiefe.
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.246False-boding woman, end thy frantic curse,False boding Woman, end thy frantick Curse,
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.228The sweetest sleep, and fairest-boding dreamsThe sweetest sleepe, / And fairest boading Dreames,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.20The boding raven, nor chough hoar,The boding Raven, nor Clough hee
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.77.1Had the best-boding chance.Had the best boding chance:

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.165 No noise but owls' and wolves' death-boding cries; No noise but Owles, & wolues death-boding cries:
Venus and AdonisVen.647 My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest, My boding heart, pants, beats, and takes no rest,

Glossary

 12 result(s).
abodementforeboding, omen, premonition
best-bodingmost favourable, most promising
bodingominous, full of foreboding
death-bodingfull of forebodings about death, deadly ominous
fairest-bodingmost favourable, most encouraging
false-bodingwrongly prophesying
fatalominous, full of foreboding, doom-laden
fataldeath-dealing, death-boding
ill-bodinginauspicious, predicting evil, prophesying doom
portentousominous, threatening, full of foreboding
presageforeboding, presentiment, misgiving
shadowingforeshadowing, ill-boding, darkening

Thesaurus

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death, full of forebodings aboutdeath-boding
death-bodingfatal
forebodingabodement
forebodingpresage
foreboding, full offatal
foreboding, full ofboding
foreboding, full ofportentous
forebodings about death, full ofdeath-boding
ill-bodingshadowing

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
0SPEECHfalse-boding adj
ABODEBASICaboding adj
BESTSTATEbest-boding adj
BODEBASICboding adj
BODEBADdeath-boding adj, false-boding adj, ill-boding adj
BODEGOODbest-boding adj
DEATHFORETELLINGdeath-boding adj
ILLMINDill-boding adj

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