Portentous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding: "The present aspect of society is portentous of great change” ( Edward Bellamy).
  • adj. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe: "Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity” ( Herman Melville).
  • adj. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.
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  • adj. Of momentous or ominous significance.
  • adj. Ominously prophetic.
  • adj. Puffed up with vanity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
  • adj. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of a portent; ominous; foreshowing ill.
  • Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of momentous or ominous significance
  • adj. ominously prophetic
  • adj. puffed up with vanity
    • Equivalent
    significant    important    prophetical    prophetic    pretentious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ominous    prodigious    wonderful    dreadful    significant    extraordinary   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    apprentice    momentous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ominous    terrify    awful    unearthly    startle    momentous    stupendous    solemn    lurid    terrific   
     
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