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Definitions for PORTENTOUS
pɔrˈtɛn təs, poʊr-por·ten·tous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. portentous, prodigiousadjective

    of momentous or ominous significance

    "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

  2. fateful, foreboding(a), portentousadjective

    ominously prophetic

  3. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentousadjective

    puffed up with vanity

    "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

Wiktionary

  1. portentousadjective

    Of momentous or ominous significance.

  2. portentousadjective

    Ominously prophetic.

  3. portentousadjective

    Puffed up with vanity.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Portentousadjective

    Monstrous; prodigious; foretokening ill.

    Etymology: portentosus, Lat. from portent.

    They are portentous things
    Unto the climate, that they point at. William Shakespeare.

    This portentous figure
    Comes armed through our watch so like the king
    That was. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    Overlay
    With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. John Milton.

    No beast of more portentous size
    In the Hercinian forest lies. Wentworth Dillon.

    Let us look upon them as so many prodigious exceptions from our common nature, as so many portentous animals, like the strange unnatural productions of Africa. South.

    Every unwonted meteor is portentous, and some divine prognostick. Joseph Glanvill.

    The petticoat will shrink at your first coming to town; at least a touch of your pen will make it contract itself, and by that means oblige several who are terrified or astonished at this portentous novelty. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 127.

ChatGPT

  1. portentous

    Portentous refers to something that gives a sign or warning that something significant or calamitous, often unpleasant, is likely to happen. It can also relate to something done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Portentousadjective

    of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous

  2. Portentousadjective

    hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size

  3. Etymology: [L. portentosus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PORTENTOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PORTENTOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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