Associations to the word «Portentous»
Noun
- Frown
- Meteor
- Solemnity
- Scowl
- Gloom
- Breeding
- Stillness
- Brilliant
- Gravity
- Comet
- Silence
- Hush
- Cloud
- Countenance
- Whisper
- Tempest
- Agenda
- Statesman
- Spectacle
- Thunder
- Phrase
- Fate
- Imagination
- Pause
- Manner
- Shake
- Shadow
- Glance
- Phenomenon
- Heaven
- Slavery
- Occurrence
- Brow
- Sight
- Darkness
- Sign
- Deep
- Destiny
- Sound
- Announcement
- Something
- Ill
- Fury
- Voice
- Storm
- Night
- Danger
Adjective
Wiktionary
PORTENTOUS, adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance.
PORTENTOUS, adjective. Ominously prophetic.
PORTENTOUS, adjective. Puffed up with vanity.
Dictionary definition
PORTENTOUS, adjective. Of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision".
PORTENTOUS, adjective. Ominously prophetic.
PORTENTOUS, adjective. Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.