Portentous

Quick meaning: Portentous is an adjective meaning Of momentous or ominous significance.

Meaning

Of momentous or ominous significance.

More Meanings

1. Ominously prophetic.
2. Puffed up with vanity.

Example Sentences

The chaplain's first mention of the name Yossarian! had tolled deep in his memory like a portentous gong.

Well may it sort [be fitting] that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch, so like the King that was and is the question of these wars.

It is no longer in my possession, but my memory holds almost every word of its portentous message; and again I affirm my confidence in the sanity of the man who wrote it.

The main problem with To Believe, however, is that by combining two of their previous styles, the Cinematic Orchestra have landed on a sound that has become ubiquitous in the years they’ve been away – portentous, restrained and impeccably tasteful electronica.

Synonyms for portentous

Depending on context, synonyms include fateful, prophetic, significant, ominous, momentous, big.

Antonyms for portentous

Common opposites include humble, insignificant, trivial, unremarkable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foreboding, fateful, prophetic, important, significant, grandiloquent.

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