|
Definition of Portentous
1. Adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance. "A prodigious vision"
2. Adjective. Ominously prophetic.
3. Adjective. Puffed up with vanity. "Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"
Exact synonyms: Grandiloquent, Overblown, Pompous, Pontifical
Similar to: Pretentious
Derivative terms: Pomp, Pomposity, Pompousness
Similar to: Pretentious
Derivative terms: Pomp, Pomposity, Pompousness
Definition of Portentous
1. a. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
Definition of Portentous
1. Adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance. ¹
2. Adjective. Ominously prophetic. ¹
3. Adjective. Puffed up with vanity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portentous
1. [adj]