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Meaning of portentous

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

portentous

Pronunciation:/pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of momentous or ominous significance.

    Synonyms:momentousominous

  2. Ominously prophetic.

    Synonyms:foreshadowingpredictivepremonitoryprognosticatory

  3. Puffed up with vanity.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/portentous

Related words

forebodingpropheticalfatefulpropheticimportantsignificantgrandiloquentpretentious