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Portentous

Pronounce Portentous as P OW R T EH N T OW UW S.

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Phonetic transcription for portentous

Traditional IPA Phonetic transcription of portentous: | poʊrtɛntoʊus |
Modern IPA Phonetic transcription of portentous: | pɒrtɛntɒʊs |

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Meanings for portentous

foreboding, ominous, or threatening

portentous, prodigious(adj)

of momentous or ominous significance

"such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

fateful, foreboding(a), portentous(adj)

ominously prophetic

grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous(adj)

puffed up with vanity

"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come

an eerie and portentous stillness hung over the camp the night before the battle

causing wonder or astonishment

in 1969 people regarded the first landing on the moon as a truly portentous event

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Synonyms for portentous

prodigious olympian stupendous foreboding(a) fateful colossal surpassing overblown grandiloquent pontifical pompous exceeding exceptional papal tall episcopal apostolic ceremonious magniloquent apostolical alarming appalling august awful dire direful dread dreadful fearful frightful grand horrible imposing majestic noble shocking solemn stately terrible terrific indicative suggestive threatening prophetic predictive ominous premonitory ill boding baleful doomy foreboding ill inauspicious menacing minatory sinister amazing astonishing astounding awesome eye opening fabulous marvelous marvellous miraculous staggering stunning sublime surprising wonderful wondrous

Antonyms for portentous

unthreatening

Portentous in different languages

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onheilspellend Dutch
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ஆடம்பரமும் Tamil

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