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
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.