"bodeful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more bodeful [comparative], most bodeful [superlative]
Etymology: From bode + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bode|ful|pos=adjective}} bode + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} bodeful (comparative more bodeful, superlative most bodeful)
  1. Portentous; ominous; foreboding. Synonyms: inauspicious, portentous, ominous Translations (Portentous; ominous): зловещ (zlovešt) (Bulgarian), злокобен (zlokoben) (Bulgarian)
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