Antonyms for bode
boʊdbode

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1. bode

   "Persons or things augur; persons only forebode or presage; things only betoken or portend." Crabb English Synonymes. We augur well for a voyage from past good fortune and a good start; we presage success from the stanchness of the ship and the skill of the captain. We forebode misfortune either from circumstances that betoken failure, or from gloomy fancies for which we could not give a reason. Dissipation among the officers and mutiny among the crew portend disaster. Divine has reference to the ancient soothsayers' arts (as in Gen. xliv, 5, 15), and refers rather to reading hearts than to reading the future. We say I could not divine his motive, or his intention.

   Antonyms:
   assure, calculate, demonstrate, determine, establish, insure, make sure, prove, settle, warrant

   Synonyms:
   augur, betoken, divine, forebode, foretell, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

   Preposition:
   I augur from all circumstances a prosperous result; I augur ill of the enterprise; "augurs ill to the rights of the people," Thomas Jefferson Writings vol. ii, p. 506. [Taylor, Walton & Maberley '53.] I augur well, or this augurs well, for your cause.

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1. bode

   Antonyms:
   relate, record, narrate, remember

   Synonyms:
   foretell, betoken, foreshadow, presage, predict, prophesy, promise, forebode, herald, announce, prognosticate, portend, augur

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1. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb

   indicate by signs

   "These signs bode bad news"

   Synonyms:
   predict, herald, bespeak, indicate, promise, figure, betoken, announce, count on, annunciate, foreshadow, omen, point, harbinger, estimate, portend, call, prognosticate, anticipate, reckon, augur, calculate, foretell, forebode, prefigure, signal, forecast, auspicate, presage

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1. bodeverb

   Synonyms:
   forebode, foreshadow, augur, presage, betoken, portend

How to use bode in a sentence?

1. Lorenzo Codogno:

   An anti-establishment, anti-euro (though somewhat watered down) and anti-austerity government would not bode well for Italian financial assets.

2. Susanne Becken:

   The government's response to the climate crisis does not bode well...and this is not good for tourism.

3. Elias Haddad:

   The cautious tone from the January FOMC meeting minutes highlight that the downside risks to the U.S. growth outlook had increased, we still expect the Fed to resume raising rates in June, which will continue to bode well for the USD.

4. Olivier Jakob:

   The Sea King is part of the reason Brent is sinking, this is not a usual move and does not bode well for North Sea crude oil that has been relying on shipments to Asia to clear the overhang that was visible during June.

5. Jitesh Ubrani:

   This is the sort of seamless integration that has been promised for years and very few have been able to deliver, by enabling users to focus on the content first rather than the device, Samsung is going to be solving a pain point for many users. I believe this will ultimately bode well the company.

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