cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ghastly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/
ipa: /ˈɡas(t).li/
ipa: /ˈɡæs(t).li/
rhymes: -ɑːstli (RP)
rhymes: -æstli (US, Northern England, Scotland)
Forms: form: more ghastly
form: ghastlier
form: most ghastly
form: ghastliest
Etymology: From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly, from gasten (from Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”)) + -ly, and ghostly (which was also spelt gastlich in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with gh developed in the 16th century due to the conflation.
Senses: examples: text: Her face was ghastly pale, and perhaps rendered still more so by the blueish light of the fire.
ref: 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Adventure of My Uncle”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 1 (Strange Stories. […]), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 30:
text: She drained it at a single draught, while Sancgraal’s silent lips appeared to tremble with some mental utterance—perhaps, for who can fathom the depths of superstition, in her most cavernous hollows of atheistic doubt?—perhaps murmuring the absolutory formula of his church over her!—Almost immediately after she grew very ghastly pale, and staggered against the shrine.
ref: 1854, [Emma Robinson], “The Shrine of St. Edward”, in Westminster Abbey; or, The Days of the Reformation. […], volume III, London: John Mortimer, […], →OCLC, page 234:
text: The officer in charge gave a sudden warning cry and flung out his arms towards the captain, who, turning still ghastlier pale, called out: “Lower the other boats. Lower away, I say—both of them.”
ref: 1874 March 28, “The Blenkarne Inheritance”, in The London Reader of Literature, Science, Art, and General Information, volume XXII, number 569, →OCLC, chapter V, page 513, column 1:
text: Johnathan's lips moved ghastly before his voice would come. "So I'm crazy, am I? And if I choose to murder you, what would you do?"
ref: 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:
text: We have had word from other quarters,” the Prince Bishop continued, nervously, awkwardly, over-explanatorily, his face ghastlier white even than was usual, “that Grand Master Albrecht is moving his war-engines and cannon here, to Frauenberg!”
ref: 1998, Christopher Meredith, “Mawrth”, in Sidereal Time, Bridgend: Seren, →ISBN, page 88:
text: You are even ghastlier pale than you were at the wedding.
ref: 2011, Ella March Chase [pseudonym; Kim Osram Bush], Three Maids for a Crown: A Novel of the Grey Sisters, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 71:
synonyms: ghastlily
glosses: In a ghastly manner.
shocking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Forms: form: more shocking
form: most shocking
Senses: glosses: Inspiring shock; startling.
glosses: Unusually obscene or lewd.
examples: text: What a shocking calamity!
glosses: Extremely bad.
Derived terms: shockingly
shocking pink
shocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shock
shocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Forms: form: shockings
Senses: examples: text: We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]
ref: 2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet:
glosses: The application of an electric shock.
timely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tīmʹlē
ipa: /ˈtaɪmli/
Forms: form: timelier
form: timeliest
Etymology: From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.
Senses: examples: text: If the whistleblower submitted a timely response, pursuant to Step 9, the Claims Review Staff will consider the issues, along with any supporting documentation, and make its Proposed Final Determination.
ref: 2012, Frederick D. Lipman, Whistleblowers, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN, page 201:
synonyms: word: on time
word: well-timed
word: in time
word: on time
word: prompt
word: punctual
word: seasonable
word: timely
antonyms: word: ill-timed
word: late
word: premature
word: punctual
glosses: Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
examples: text: […] and the timely dew of sleep, / Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines / Our eye-lids […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 4, lines 614–616:
text: There are people, I know, to be found, / ⁠Who say and apparently think / That sorrow and care may be drowned / By a timely consumption of drink.
ref: 1891, J.K.S., Drinking Song:
text: The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt by the Russians.
ref: 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: opportune
seasonable
antonyms: word: inopportune
word: unseasonable
word: opportune
word: timely
glosses: Happening or appearing at the proper time.
examples: text: High lifted up were many loftie towres, / And goodly galleries farre over laid, / Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres; / And on the top a Diall told the timely howres.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto 4, verse 4, lines 33–36:
glosses: Keeping time or measure.
Synonyms: word: well-timed
word: tempestive
word: opportune
word: seasonable
word: tidy
word: timeful
word: timely
word: timeous
word: timesome
Hypernyms: word: suitable
Hyponyms: word: on time
word: punctual
Derived terms: mistimely
overtimely
timelily
timeliness
timely-parted
untimely
Related terms: word: timeliness
word: timeously
timely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: tīmʹlē
ipa: /ˈtaɪmli/
Forms: form: more timely
form: most timely
Etymology: From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.
Senses: examples: text: If I had been born more timely, he said, Rhaegar would have married me instead of Elia, and it would all have come out different.
ref: 2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Daenerys [Targaryen]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 486:
glosses: In good time; early, quickly.
examples: text: And this we shall more readily perform, if we timely survey our knowledge, impartially singling out those encroachments, which junior compliance and popular credulity hath admitted.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
glosses: At the right time; seasonably.
examples: text: On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals.
ref: 1998, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, US v. Merino-Balderrama:
text: […] § 2255's one-year limitation period starts to run when the time for seeking such review expires. Under this rule, Clay's § 2255 petition was timely filed.
ref: 2003, United States Supreme Court, Clay v. United States:
topics: law
glosses: In compliance with applicable time limits.
Related terms: seasonably
tidely
orderly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹdɚli/
ipa: /ˈɔːdəli/
Forms: form: more orderly
form: most orderly
form: ordrely
Etymology: From order + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place.
glosses: Neat and tidy; possessing order.
examples: text: We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules.
glosses: Methodical or systematic.
examples: text: An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus.
glosses: Peaceful; well-behaved.
examples: text: aids-de-camp and orderly men
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
Synonyms: sense: possessing order
word: regular
word: trim
word: well-kept
word: in order
word: neat
word: neat and tidy
word: neat as a new pin
word: neat as a pin
word: nice as ninepence
word: orderly
word: prest
word: ruly
word: shipshape
word: tidy
word: tight
word: tiptop
word: tosh
word: trig
Hyponyms: word: organized
word: uniform
word: methodical
word: systematic
word: dink
word: kempt
word: smart
word: spruce
word: well-groomed
Derived terms: disorderly
misorderly
nonorderly
orderliness
unorderly
Related terms: word: clean
word: restrained
word: presentable
orderly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹdɚli/
ipa: /ˈɔːdəli/
Forms: form: orderlies
form: ordrely
Etymology: From order + -ly.
Senses: glosses: A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: batman
glosses: A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
orderly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹdɚli/
ipa: /ˈɔːdəli/
Forms: form: more orderly
form: most orderly
form: ordrely
Etymology: From order + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: You are blunt; go to it orderly.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: Phase R: the rods are linked three by three and form planar twodimensional hexagonal networks. In both cases, the networks are orderly stacked in a three-dimensional lattice.
ref: 1991, Chor-San Heng Khoo, Physics of Liquid Crystalline Materials, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 33:
text: The rectangles are orderly stacked with the topmost rectangle representing the most visible entity and subsequent rectangles representing entities underneath the mouse cursor, front to back.
ref: 2014, Huei-Huang Lee, Finite Element Simulations with ANSYS Workbench 15: Theory, Applications, Case Studies, SDC Publications, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way.
examples: text: The earth from heaven, the sea from earth, he parted orderly, / And from the thicke and foggie ayre, he tooke the lightsome skie.
ref: 1567, Ovid, translated by Arthur Golding, Metamorphoses, section I:
text: Thus orderly marshaled, they take their course and swim whither their journey tends, as broad and wide behind as before[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: And in the Tombe which is an arch made of mats, they lay them orderly.
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 149:
glosses: In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement.
Synonyms: sense: in order
word: methodically
word: systematically
word: methodically
lovely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′lē
ipa: /ˈlʌv.li/
Forms: form: lovelier
form: loveliest
Etymology: From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
text: The music box plays a lovely melody.
text: The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms.
text: So it was this beautiful young woman Rokoff had been persecuting. Tarzan wondered in a lazy sort of way whom she might be, and what relations one so lovely could have with the surly, bearded Russian.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 19:
text: His pink coat was lovely
ref: 1915, Herman Cyril McNeile, The Lieutenant and Others:
text: The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
ref: 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Grace Notes.] Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 87:
text: Then I look at you / And the world's alright with me / Just one look at you / And I know it's gonna be / A lovely day
ref: 1977, Skip Scarborough, Bill Withers, “Lovely Day”, performed by Bill Withers:
glosses: Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
examples: text: It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
text: It is a lovely night, and why should we not prolong our ride a little?"
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 135:
glosses: Nice; wonderful.
examples: text: a most lovely gentlemanlike man
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
examples: text: seal the title with a lovely kiss
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: Loving, filled with love.
Synonyms: beautiful
charming
lovable
lovesome
loving
Derived terms: everything in the garden is lovely
lovelify
lovelily
loveliness
lovely and
lovely fairywren
lovely fir
lovely jubbly
lovely weather for ducks
unlovely
what a lovely day
Related terms: loverly
lovingly
lovely
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′lē
ipa: /ˈlʌv.li/
Forms: form: lovelies
Etymology: From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
text: "I'd sooner be on the stage than anywhere else." "You mean you like being cocked up in front of an audience with nothing much on and getting a thrill out of being what those idiotic newspapers call a Lovely or a Glamour Girl. With all the damned glamour on the stage and none off it."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 6:
text: Tom Bower’s 2024 book, The House of Beckham, painted a rather snide portrait of the marriage, in which Beckham is constantly surrounded by lovelies, and Victoria is in a constant huff about it.
ref: 2025 May 2, Zoe Williams, Sarah Gilbert, “David Beckham at 50: his gorgeous, outrageous life in 50 pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: pretty
darling
glosses: An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
examples: text: Goodbye, my lovely.
text: But where do you go to my lovely / When you're alone in your bed?
ref: 1969, Peter Sarstedt, “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?”:
glosses: Term of fond address.
examples: text: In Montréal, the summer months bring in a huge variety of fruits and vegetables and this is the time to preserve them. Preserving can also refer to the storage of these fiber and vitamin rich lovelies.
ref: 2011, Theodora Floros, What'S for Lunch?: A Cooking Guide for Parents, →ISBN, page 13:
text: May Bell ironed the last ruffle and then hung the dress in the wardrobe next to her other lovelies.
ref: 2015, Marlys Millhiser, The Mirror, →ISBN:
glosses: A lovely object.
lovely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′lē
ipa: /ˈlʌv.li/
Forms: form: more lovely
form: most lovely
Etymology: From Middle English lovely, luveliche, from Old English luflīċe (“lovingly, amiably, kindly, dearly, with good will or love, willingly”), equivalent to love + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She's not everyone's cup of tea, what with the way she speaks her mind and doesn't always do her hair in the morning, but she scrubs up lovely.
ref: 2014, Neil Bartlett, chapter 18, in The Disappearance Boy, A&C Black:
glosses: In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
lovely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lŭv′lē
ipa: /ˈlʌv.li/
Forms: form: lovelier
form: more lovely
form: loveliest
form: most lovely
Etymology: From Middle English lofly, lovely (“praiseworthy; laudatory”), equivalent to lofe + -ly. Cognate with Dutch loffelijk (“laudable, praiseworthy”), German löblich (“commendable, laudable, praiseworthy”), Swedish lovlig (“permissible”). More at lofe, love.
Senses: examples: text: And so he is in the eyes of all who live to his praise. To them every attribute of God is lovely. The holiness and purity of his nature is most lovely to them.
ref: 1773, Thomas Boston (the Elder.), Alexander Colden, The Whole Works of the late reverend and learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick:
text: He is altogether lovely. O, all our praises of him are poor and low things!
ref: 1807, Erasmus Middleton, Evangelical biography:
text: О praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious : О sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely.
ref: 1823, Church of England, Llyfr gweddi gyffredin:
text: It is the duty of all believers to join themselves cheerfully in the setting forth the Lord's care over them, and whatsoever may make his lovely Majesty known to the world: for so he requireth the present precept and example, -- sing praises to the Lord.
ref: 1834, David Dickson, A Brief Explication of the Psalms - Volume 1, page 39:
text: My precious Saviour's matchless name ; He's wise and holy, just and true, And altogether lovely too.
ref: 1876, John Vaughan, Trinity hymns for the worship of the three-one Jehovah in faith & love:
glosses: Worthy of praise.
heavenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛvənli/
Forms: form: heavenlier
form: more heavenly
form: heavenliest
form: most heavenly
form: Heavenly
Etymology: From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: word: celestial
word: celest
word: paradisal
word: paradisaical
word: paradisaic
word: paradisic
antonyms: earthly
glosses: Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
glosses: Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
synonyms: word: celestial
extra: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars
examples: 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O′Mullan v. M′Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131,
No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.
synonyms: divine
spiritual
glosses: Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God.
examples: text: Oh, please continue giving me a massage—it's absolutely heavenly.
text: So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off’n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.
ref: 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “Baker’s Blue-Jay Yarn”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 39:
text: Everything is wonderful / Being here is heavenly
ref: 1987, Gary Clark, “Mary's Prayer”, performed by Danny Wilson:
synonyms: beatific
blissful
divine
delightful
heavenlike
wonderful
glosses: Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.
Derived terms: heavenlily
sleep in heavenly peace
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
heavenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛvənli/
Forms: form: more heavenly
form: most heavenly
form: Heavenly
Etymology: From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
examples: text: Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
ref: 2003, Ruben Soto, Fiesta for the Hispanic Soul, page 136:
glosses: To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
Derived terms: heavenliness
heavenly bamboo
heavenly birthday
heavenly body
Heavenly Father
heavenly host
heavenly-minded
heavenly stem
heavenly virtues
Heavenly Witnesses
unheavenly
cowardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊədli/
Forms: form: cowardlier
form: more cowardly
form: cowardliest
form: most cowardly
Etymology: From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.
Senses: examples: text: The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
text: 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
synonyms: craven
glosses: Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
Synonyms: word: boneless
word: chicken
word: chicken-hearted
word: chickenshit
word: cowardly
word: craven
word: dastardly
word: fainthearted
word: fearful
word: heartless
word: gutless
word: hen-hearted
word: kiasi
word: lily-livered
word: milky
word: mousy
word: niddering
word: nidering
word: niding
word: nithing
word: poor-spirited
word: pusillanimous
word: sissy
word: spineless
word: timid
word: timorous
word: unhearty
word: weak-kneed
word: wimpish
word: yellow
word: yellow-bellied
Derived terms: cowardlily
cowardliness
cowardly lion
uncowardly
Related terms: word: shy
word: afraid
word: coward
word: cowardice
cowardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊədli/
Forms: form: more cowardly
form: most cowardly
Etymology: From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.
Senses: examples: text: We will not ſteale vpon him cowardly,
But giue him warning and more warriours.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:
text: I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 48:
text: […] men who cowardly and hypocritically subscribe orthodox creeds, whilst they teach a different kind of doctrine!
ref: 1828, John Paul, A Refutation of Arianism, page 20:
glosses: In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
sceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɛptɪk
Forms: form: sceptics
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skeptic.
Derived terms: Britsceptic
sceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɛptɪk
Forms: form: more sceptic
form: most sceptic
Senses: examples: text: Not long since O’Connell beat the sceptic geologists of the British Association of nonsense and “science” all to nothing by a discovery of fossil Whigs—very extraordinary and ferocious creatures they must have been in their day, which, of course, was far anterior to the creation of the world, according to the Mosaic account, which the bone-grubbing “philosophers” of the chalk formations have so properly exploded.
ref: 1839 September 14, “Morning Newspapers. (From the Morning Herald.)”, in The Standard, number 4754:
text: The black race, much inferior to the Arab in intellectual power and in steadiness of will, are at the same time free from the sceptic distrustfulness and deep jealousy so common among their white fellow-citizens.
ref: 1865, William Gifford Palgrave, “Life at Riaḍ”, in Narrative of a Year’s Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63), volume II, London; Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., page 3:
text: As I said, my experience was: I travelled to Russia as a sceptic person and I returned as a European.
ref: 2015, Milo Rau, “Pussy Riot’s Moscow Trials: Restaging Political Protest and Juridical Metaperformance”, in Alex Flynn, Jonas Tinius, editors, Anthropology, Theatre, and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, part II (Theatre as Paradigm for Social Reflection: Conceptual Perspectives), section 2 (Political Theatricality), page 283:
glosses: Alternative spelling of skeptic.
fatherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑːðəli/
ipa: /ˈfɑðɚli/
Forms: form: more fatherly
form: most fatherly
Etymology: From Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”) . Doublet of fatherlike.
Senses: examples: fatherly advice
glosses: Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
glosses: Befitting of a father; protective, paternal.
Derived terms: fatherliness
unfatherly
fatherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑːðəli/
ipa: /ˈfɑðɚli/
Forms: form: more fatherly
form: most fatherly
Etymology: From Middle English faderly, fadirly, from Old English fæderlīċe (“in a fatherly way, as a father”), equivalent to father + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Exhorting him fatherlie to giue ouer that course.
ref: 1589, The Return of Pasquill:
text: […]; tho’ God hath for a while Fatherly Chaſtiſed them by thoſe Rods which he hath afterwards conſumed.
ref: a. 1723, Increase Mather, “A Vindication of New-England”, in The Andros Tracts: […], New York, N.Y.: Burt Franklin, published 1869, page 27 (page 9 of chapter):
text: This child is not mine as the first was, / I cannot sing it to rest, / I cannot lift it up fatherly / And bliss it upon my breast;
ref: 1848, James Russell Lowell, “The Changeling”, in Poems, second series, Cambridge: George Nichols; Boston: B. B. Mussey and Company, page 162:
text: Indeed we live beneath the sky, . . / That great smooth Hand of God, stretched out / On all His children fatherly, / To bless them from the fear and doubt, / Which would be, if, from this low place, / All opened straight up to His face / Into the grand eternity.
ref: 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point”, in Poems, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, stanza VII, page 131:
text: He looked fatherly at me.
ref: 1970, Ronny Pearlman, The Monday Man, page 39:
text: When she fell forward a little, as if she were half fainting with the pleasure, he held her, fatherly, in his arms until she recovered.
ref: 1988, Phyllis Ann Karr, “Two Bits of Embroidery”, in Parke Godwin, editor, Invitation to Camelot: An Arthurian Anthology of Short Stories, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
motherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðəli/
ipa: /ˈmʌðɚli/
Forms: form: more motherly
form: most motherly
Etymology: From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life[…]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
Synonyms: maternal
motherful
motherlike
Derived terms: motherliness
unmotherly
Related terms: earth-motherly
motherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðəli/
ipa: /ˈmʌðɚli/
Forms: form: more motherly
form: most motherly
Etymology: From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The mother sometime beateth the child, but yet her hart melteth vpon it euen in the very beating, and therefore she casteth the rodde into the fier, and colleth the childe, geueth it an apple and dandleth it moste motherly.
ref: 1554, Iohn Bradford, Certain Most Godly, Fruitful, and Comfortable Letters of Such True Saintes and Holy Martyrs of God, […], published 1564, page 288:
text: I Am glad that you approve and applaud my design, of withdrawing my self from all tumult and business of the World; and consecrating the little rest of my time to those studies, to which Nature had so Motherly inclined me, and from which Fortune like a Step-mother has so long detained me.
ref: 1663, Abraham Cowley, The Danger of Procrastination, published 1669:
text: To the father it would have been the worst of his loss to see his son wiping the sweat and dust from the forehead his mother had been so motherly proud of, and hear the heavy sigh with which he would sink in the not too easy chair that was all his haven after the tossing of the day’s weary ground[-]swell.
ref: 1887, George Mac Donald, Home Again, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., pages 52–53:
text: Mrs. Rutherford looked motherly at the eager girl and caressed her curls[…]
ref: 1925, Kamala Krishna, Torchbearers: A Story of the Realms of the Mastersouls, page 239:
glosses: In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother.
Synonyms: maternally
brotherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/
Forms: form: more brotherly
form: most brotherly
Etymology: From Middle English brotherly, from Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōþurlīkaz, equivalent to brother + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”).
Senses: examples: text: brotherly love
text: Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate, but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 15, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or characteristic of brothers.
Derived terms: brotherliness
brotherly love
unbrotherly
Related terms: brother
brotherhood
brotherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/
ipa: /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/
Forms: form: more brotherly
form: most brotherly
Etymology: From Middle English brotherly, equivalent to brother + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly?"
ref: 1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
glosses: In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
metaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtələ/
Forms: form: metallers
Etymology: From metal + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who metals a road.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: headbanger
metalhead
metallist
glosses: One who listens to heavy metal music.
Derived terms: black metaller
death metaller
thrash metaller
groundation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundations
Etymology: From ground + -ation.
Senses: glosses: the state of (a teenager etc) being grounded
glosses: A Rastafarian meeting.
happy-clappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy-clappies
form: happyclappy
Senses: glosses: A member of a Christian church whose worship is characterized by enthusiasm and spontaneity.
happy-clappy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more happy-clappy
form: most happy-clappy
form: happyclappy
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to such a worshiper or such a church.
Synonyms: happy clapper
henotheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛnəʊˌθiːɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈhɛnoʊˌθiɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: henotheisms
Etymology: From German Henotheismus, coined in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854) from Ancient Greek ἕν (hén, stem of εἷς (heîs, “one”)) + German Theismus (“theism”, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”))).
Senses: examples: text: There is one kind of oneness which does not exclude the idea of plurality; there is another which does. […] If, therefore, an expression had been given to that primitive intuition of the Deity, which is the mainspring of all later religion, it would have been—'There is a God,' but not yet 'There is but "One God."' The latter form of faith, the belief in One God, is properly called monotheism, whereas the term of henotheism would best express the faith in a single god.
ref: 1867, [Friedrich] Max Müller, “Semitic Monotheism”, in Chips from a German Workshop, volume I (Essays on the Science of Religion), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 353–354:
text: [T]he form of worship presented to us in these most ancient documents [the Hindu Rigveda] of the Aryan people is what Professor Maxmüller [i.e., Max Müller] calls Henotheism, viz., the deity invoked for the time being is regarded as supreme, is extolled above the rest and is made the recipient of the worshipper's highest praises and most fervent supplications.
ref: 1898, Shamsul Ulama, Syed Ali Bilgrami, “Introduction”, in A Short Guide to the Cave Temples of Elura. With an Introduction, Madras: Reprinted by H. Plumbe, at the Lawrence Asylum Press, →OCLC, page 3:
text: In both ethnography/anthropology and ancient history scholars have sometimes sought to 'rescue' polytheism by arguing for an element of monolatry or henotheism, in which the power of one god in the pantheon is proclaimed as supreme. But the manoeuvre is conditioned by a Judaeo-Christian evaluation of monotheism. The terms 'polytheism' and 'monotheism' are best abandoned to the theologians.
ref: 1999, Simon Price, “Gods, Myths and Festivals”, in Religions of the Ancient Greeks, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 11:
text: This new, enriched and reoriented Christian Platonic theology would then have the moral and intellectual resources to absorb the partial visions of Judaism and Islam and pagan henotheisms, preserving the best things in them and discarding the false and inferior things.
ref: 2017, James Hankins, “Marsilio Ficino and Christan Humanism”, in Jens Zimmermann, editor, Re-envisioning Christian Humanism: Education and the Restoration of Humanity, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
wikipedia: Joseph Karl Stieler
Neue Pinakothek
Hypernyms: theism
Hyponyms: kathenotheism
Coordinate terms: monolatrism
monotheism
Derived terms: kathenotheism
Related terms: henosis
theism
monism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒnɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈmɑnɪzəm/
Forms: form: monisms
Etymology: The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from New Latin monismus, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”). By surface analysis, mon- + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
synonyms: one-thingism
glosses: The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
examples: text: The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century.
ref: 1964, Karl F. Morrison, Two Kingdoms: Ecclesiology in Carolingian Political Thought, Princeton University Press, page 4:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
qualifier: international law
glosses: The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.
Derived terms: theomonism
Related terms: immanence
pandeism
pantheism
panentheism
dualism
pluralism
BCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of best-case scenario.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Bowl Championship Series, replaced after the 2013 season by the College Football Playoff.
glosses: Initialism of British Computer Society.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian treated commonly (Serbo-Croatian).
glosses: Abbreviation of Baja California Sur: a state of Mexico.
examples: text: Sven Kristensen, CEO of Wuerth Denmark, a multi-national wholesale organization says EI is so important that they’ve built the BCS training into their leadership programme.
ref: 2011 November 9, Susanne Gargiulo, “Emotional intelligence in the workplace”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Behavior Change Specialist.
examples: text: Some big banks including Goldman Sachs (GS), Wells Fargo (WFC) and Barclays (BCS) have promised not to finance Arctic drilling because of climate change concerns.
ref: 2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of Barclays.
Related terms: BCS theory
fundamentalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fundamentalists
Etymology: From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910).
Senses: synonyms: word: takfiri
topics: Islam
religion
lifestyle
glosses: One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
topics: business
finance
antonyms: chartist
technician
glosses: A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles.
synonyms: fundie
glosses: A fundamentalist Christian.
Derived terms: antifundamentalist
fundagelical
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
fundamentalistic
nonfundamentalist
techno-fundamentalist
ultrafundamentalist
Related terms: fundamentalism
paludism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paludisms
form: paludisme
Etymology: Borrowed from French paludisme.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike paludism, its course is not markedly affected by the administration of quinine or arsenic.
ref: 1897, Matthew Louis Hughes, Mediterranean, Malta or Undulant Fever, London: Macmillan, page 3:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Malaria.
Derived terms: paludrine
Quadragesima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkwɒdɹəˈdʒɛsɪmə/
Etymology: From Latin Quadrāgēsima (“Lent”), from feminine substantive use of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”), from the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter using inclusive counting and excluding Sundays.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Lent.
synonyms: word: Lent
topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Quadragesima Sunday: the first Sunday in Lent.
synonyms: word: Quadragesima Sunday
extra: the first Sunday in Lent
Related terms: quadragesimal
Quadragesima Sunday
fundamentalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/
Forms: form: fundamentalisms
Etymology: From fundamental + -ism. First used in the 1910s by American Christians.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: bibliolatry
glosses: The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
examples: text: Recent books by philosopher Roger Scruton (1999, 2000) and music educator Robert Walker (2007) may be interpreted as a last desperate gasp of this form of musical fundamentalism or neoconservativism—the kind that tells the masses what is "good for them" on the grounds that they lack adequate bases for judgments on their own […]
ref: 2009, Thomas A. Regelski, J. Terry Gates, Music Education for Changing Times: Guiding Visions for Practice:
glosses: A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A Christian movement that started in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants, which emphasizes literal interpretation of the Bible, and came up as a reaction to liberal theology and cultural modernism
Derived terms: antifundamentalism
free-market fundamentalism
Islamic fundamentalism
market fundamentalism
techno-fundamentalism
Related terms: word: fundamentalist
topics: religion
lifestyle
word: orthodoxy
topics: finance
business
word: technical analysis
topics: finance
business
word: value investing
western world
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Western world
Senses: glosses: The Americas.
examples: text: The state formerly reviled for cleaving too closely to Moscow's line now finds itself berated by the Kremlin as well as the Western world for not following the path of glasnost and perestroika.
ref: 1989, The Independent, Newspaper Publishing plc:
glosses: Western Europe, the US and Canada (sometimes including Latin America), and Australia and New Zealand; generally any country whose cultural and ethnic origins can mostly be traced to Western Europe, collectively.
Synonyms: the West
incredulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/
ipa: /ˌɪnˈkɹɛ.d͡ʒə.ləs/
Forms: form: more incredulous
form: most incredulous
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).
Senses: examples: text: Xodar listened in incredulous astonishment to my narration of the events which had transpired within the arena at the rites of Issus.
ref: 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “A Break for Liberty”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 191:
text: In safe flats and dark restaurants, never the same one twice, we ate quiet meals, exchanged our goods and gazed upon each other with the incredulous contentment that passes between mountaineers when they are standing on the peak.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
glosses: Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.
examples: text: Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous.
ref: 2009 March 18, Reuters, “Sun Micro Troops Fearful, Incredulous About IBM”, in Wired.com, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: Then came a report over the radio from one of St. Los pilots. He was reporting seeing ships, and they weren't American. Worse still, they were close. Incredulous', Admiral Sprague demanded confirmation, and, circling in closer, the pilot radioed back: "I can see pagoda masts. I see the biggest meatball flag on the biggest battleship I ever saw!"
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 1:21 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
glosses: Expressing or indicative of incredulity.
examples: text: Why euery thing adheres togither, that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance […].
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: Maybe David Ruben had some valid points about the ACLU on the national level from an historical perspective, although critcizing a non-gay organization for not loudly defending gay rights in 1952 seems a little incredulous.
ref: 1979 February 3, David Brill, “ACLU”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 4:
text: 1984, Supreme Court of Illinois, opinion in People v Terrell, 459 N.E.2d 1337, quoted in David C. Brody, James R. Acker, and Wayne A. Logan, Criminal Law, Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2001), →ISBN, page 564,
Faced with these facts, we find it incredulous that [the] defendant had any intent other than the armed robbery of the service station.
qualifier: largely obsolete
glosses: Difficult to believe; incredible.
Derived terms: incredulosity
incredulously
incredulousness
Related terms: incredulity
credulous
incredulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From incredulous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Incredulity; the state of being skeptical or in disbelief.
foreboding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forebodings
form: forboding
Etymology: From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
Senses: examples: text: To me there is something sad in his life, and sometimes I have a sort of foreboding about him. I don't know why, but I fancy he will have some great trouble—perhaps an unhappy end.
ref: 1876 November, Henry James, Jr., chapter XIII, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, →OCLC, page 229:
text: A sense of foreboding, the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
ref: 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 41:
text: I feel a slight foreboding about going home this year.
ref: 1976 December 25, John Atteridg, “Going Home for the Holidays”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 18:
synonyms: augury
glosses: A sense of evil to come.
examples: text: The news possessed me with foreboding.
glosses: An evil omen
foreboding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foreboding
form: most foreboding
form: forboding
Etymology: From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).
Senses: examples: text: Blood on the street / Foreboding god complex / She never knew she was next
ref: 2018, “Blood on the Street”, performed by Soulfly:
synonyms: word: inauspicious
word: portentous
word: augurous
word: baleful
word: bodeful
word: boding
word: dire
word: disastrous
word: fatal
word: foreboding
word: ill-boding
word: ill-fated
word: ill-omened
word: ill-starred
word: inauspicate
word: inauspicious
word: nefastous
word: omenic
word: ominous
word: brooding
word: portentous
word: presageful
word: presagious
word: prodigious
word: sinister
word: star-crossed
word: sullen
glosses: Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Derived terms: forebodingly
forebodingness
unforeboding