portentous Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- grey
- ill-boding
- depressing
- darkening
- foreboding
- dire
- murky
- threatening
- minatory
- direful
- ill
- baleful
- gray
- lonely
- inauspicious
- unfortunate
- depressive
- desolate
- black
- doomy
- dark
- somber
- bleak
Weak:
- funereal
- miserable
- tenebrous
- forlorn
- troubled
- godforsaken
- sunless
- morbid
- chill
- sombre
- sullen
- wretched
- dismal
- sepulchral
- disheartening
- cimmerian
- elegiacal
- cheerless
- malign
- dreary
- disconsolate
- evil
- drear
- saturnine
- elegiac
- cloudy
- glum
- gloomy
- unpropitious
- malignant
- morose
- unpromising
- unfavorable
- comfortless
- hopeless
- unlucky
- discouraging
- plutonian
- cold
- lonesome
- dim
- dreich
- lugubrious
Meaning of portentous
portentous (s)
of momentous or ominous significance
ominously prophetic
puffed up with vanity
portentous Sentence Examples
- The thunderclap echoed through the valley, a portentous sign of an impending storm.
- The doctor's eyes held a portentous expression, hinting at grave news.
- The ominous clouds gathered on the horizon, a portentous omen of trouble to come.
- The silence in the room was deafening, its portentous weight suffocating.
- The flicker of the candle flame was interpreted as a portentous symbol of hope amidst despair.
- The howling wind seemed to whisper portentous secrets in the darkness.
- The old woman's gaze was intent and portentous, carrying an unspoken message.
- The sudden appearance of the comet was seen as a portentous sign of impending disaster.
- The ringing of bells carried a portentous tone, signaling a momentous event.
- The roar of the crowd was portentous, a thunderous outpouring of anticipation and awe.
FAQs About the word portentous
of momentous or ominous significance, ominously prophetic, puffed up with vanity
sinister,ominous, menacing, grey, ill-boding, depressing, darkening, foreboding, dire, murky
golden, favorable, golden, bright, unthreatening, unthreatening, auspicious, benign, hopeful, auspicious
The thunderclap echoed through the valley, a portentous sign of an impending storm.
The doctor's eyes held a portentous expression, hinting at grave news.
The ominous clouds gathered on the horizon, a portentous omen of trouble to come.
The silence in the room was deafening, its portentous weight suffocating.
