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Meaning of 'portentous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Portentous [ a.]
- Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
- Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.

Meaning of 'portentous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . portentous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- puffed up with vanity
Example in sentence:
  • a grandiloquent and boastful manner;
  • a pompous speech;
  • overblown oratory;
  • pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
Meaning (2):
- of momentous or ominous significance
Example in sentence:
  • a prodigious vision;
  • such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity

Nearby Words:

poraille porbeagle porcate porcelain porcelainized porcelaneous porcelanite porcelanous porcellaneous porcellanous

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