Definition of Portentous

1. Adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance. "A prodigious vision"

Exact synonyms: Prodigious
Similar to: Important, Significant
Derivative terms: Portent, Prodigy

2. Adjective. Ominously prophetic.
Exact synonyms: Fateful, Foreboding
Similar to: Prophetic, Prophetical
Derivative terms: Portent

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

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]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portentous

porte-monnaie
porte cochère
porte cochères
ported
portegue
portegues
portemonnaie
portend
portended
portending
portends
portension
portensions
portent
portentive
portentous (current term)
portentously
portentousness
portents
porteous
porter
porter's beer
porterage
porterages
portered
porteress
porteresses
porterhouse
porterhouse steak
porterhouses

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