Portentous

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  • adjective. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding.
  • adjective. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe.
  • adjective. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of a portent; ominous; foreshowing ill.
  • Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
  • adjective. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance.
  • adjective. Ominously prophetic.
  • adjective. Puffed up with vanity.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of momentous or ominous significance
  • adjective. ominously prophetic
  • adjective. puffed up with vanity
    • Word Usage
    "Harris's great skill lies in pulling back every time her creation veers towards the portentous, that is to say the Tolkienesque ...."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    apprentice  momentous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astound  awful  ghastly  lurid  majestic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alarming  amazing  apocalyptic  astonishing  astounding  
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