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portentous
por·ten·tous P0455900 (pôr-tĕn′təs)adj.1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding: "The present aspect of society is portentous of great change" (Edward Bellamy).2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe: "Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity" (Herman Melville).3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.
por·ten′tous·ly adv.por·ten′tous·ness n.Usage Note: The last syllable of portentous is properly pronounced (-təs). However, under the influence of words like contentious and pretentious, sometimes this word is pronounced (pôr-tĕn′shəs), as though it were spelled portentious. Both the (-shəs) pronunciation and the spelling with the i (which is occasionally seen in print) are widely considered to be mistakes.portentous (pɔːˈtɛntəs) adj1. of momentous or ominous significance2. miraculous, amazing, or awe-inspiring; prodigious3. self-important or pompous porˈtentously adv porˈtentousness npor•ten•tous (pɔrˈtɛn təs, poʊr-)
adj. 1. of the nature of a portent; momentous. 2. ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat. 3. solemnly self-important; pompous. 4. marvelous; amazing; prodigious. [1530–40; < Latin portentōsus. See portent, -ous] por•ten′tous•ly, adv. por•ten′tous•ness, n. syn: See ominous. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | portentous - of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"prodigioussignificant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" | | 2. | portentous - ominously propheticforeboding, fatefulprophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" | | 3. | portentous - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweekoverblown, pompous, grandiloquent, pontificalpretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" |
portentousadjective1. pompous, solemn, ponderous, self-important, pontifical There was nothing portentous or solemn about him.2. significant, alarming, sinister, ominous, important, threatening, crucial, forbidding, menacing, momentous, fateful, minatory, bodeful portentous prophecies of doomportentousadjectivePortending future disaster:apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave, hellfire, ominous, unlucky.Translationsfatidicopomposoportentososinistrosolenne
portentous
Synonyms for portentousadj pompousSynonyms- pompous
- solemn
- ponderous
- self-important
- pontifical
adj significantSynonyms- significant
- alarming
- sinister
- ominous
- important
- threatening
- crucial
- forbidding
- menacing
- momentous
- fateful
- minatory
- bodeful
Synonyms for portentousadj portending future disasterSynonyms- apocalyptic
- apocalyptical
- baneful
- dire
- direful
- fateful
- fire-and-brimstone
- grave
- hellfire
- ominous
- unlucky
Synonyms for portentousadj of momentous or ominous significanceSynonymsRelated Wordsadj ominously propheticSynonymsRelated Wordsadj puffed up with vanitySynonyms- overblown
- pompous
- grandiloquent
- pontifical
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