bode

The verb bode suggests forecasting. Something bodes well when the clues or signs imply a favorable outcome. But if something bodes ill, you’d better watch out!

Something might bode good fortune, or it could bode disaster. The word, which can be traced back to the Old English bodian "to announce, foretell," is also found in the adjective foreboding, which means "ominous, boding ill."

Definitions of bode
1

v indicate by signs

“These signs bode bad news”
Synonyms:
augur, auspicate, betoken, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
Types:
threaten
to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"
foreshow
foretell by divine inspiration
Type of:
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
be a signal for or a symptom of

Sign up, it's free!

Whether you're a student, an educator, or a lifelong learner, Vocabulary.com can put you on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.