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Antonyms for tidings

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahy-dingz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ dɪŋz


Definition of tidings

Origin :
  • "announcement of an event," 1069, from Old English tidung "event, occurrence, piece of news," perhaps in part a verbal noun from Old English tidan "to happen," in part from Old Norse tiðendi (plural) "events, news," from tiðr (adj.) "occurring," from PIE *di-ti- (see tide (n.)). Cf. Norwegian tidende "tidings, news," Dutch tijding, German Zeitung "newspaper."
  • noun greetings, news
Example sentences :
  • "You have as yet given us no tidings of Phidias and his household," said Philothea.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The tidings were hailed with joy; not only by the young couple, but by all the villagers.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Six months more passed, and still no tidings of the ship or its commander.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But the tidings were gradually breaking in upon the mind of Andrew Lanning.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The tidings reached the Duke, at his hunting-lodge of Valognes.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Months passed away, and no tidings reached him from without.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • The barons gained some tidings of his proceedings, and were on their guard.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • If payment was offered, they shook their heads, and only asked for tidings of Europa.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • There we knew we should find the army, and might get tidings of the fleet.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I felt unwell, and got back to my boarding-house with these tidings.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for tidings

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