Full of omens or signs that suggest something bad will happen; ominous or foreboding.
Combination of 'bode' (to foretell) and the suffix '-ful' (full of), creating an archaic or poetic adjective meaning laden with omens, dating to Middle English.
This word is like a more dramatic way to say 'ominous'—it sounds like something out of a Gothic novel, which is exactly when Victorian writers loved using it to build suspense.
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