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Definition of Portent
1. Noun. A sign of something about to happen. "He looked for an omen before going into battle"
Generic synonyms: Augury, Foretoken, Preindication, Sign
Specialized synonyms: Auspice, Foreboding, Death Knell
Derivative terms: Omen, Ominous, Ominous, Portend, Portentous, Portentous, Presage, Prodigious, Prognostic, Prognosticate
Definition of Portent
1. n. That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.
Definition of Portent
1. Noun. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen. ¹
2. Noun. A portending; significance; as, a howl of dire portent. ¹
3. Noun. Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portent
1. an omen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portent
Literary usage of Portent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"Alexander as a portent of World Unity. §1 THE true hero of the story of Alexander
is not BO much Alexander as his father Philip. The author of a piece does ..."
2. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1892)
"Ces effigies sont apocryphes ; car elles portent des favoris et des moustaches,
et parce qu'elles ont autour du cou une fraise symétriquement ..."
3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"CHAPTER II ANOTHER portent THE saloon of the Excelsior was spacious for the size
of the vessel, and was furnished in a style superior to most ..."
4. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1904)
"The North did not alone watch this portent. Southerners, less identified with
the movement, slaveholders of the Gulf, observed it with undisguised dread and ..."
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