portentous Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- unfortunate
- ill-boding
- dire
- threatening
- darkening
- somber
- doomy
- depressive
- bleak
- depressing
- foreboding
- dark
- black
- gray
- direful
- desolate
- minatory
- inauspicious
- baleful
- lonely
- murky
- grey
- ill
Weak:
- unlucky
- tenebrous
- sullen
- lonesome
- sunless
- wretched
- morose
- discouraging
- dim
- elegiac
- cloudy
- plutonian
- malignant
- unpromising
- comfortless
- morbid
- troubled
- forlorn
- cold
- disconsolate
- funereal
- drear
- dreary
- unpropitious
- malign
- disheartening
- cimmerian
- sepulchral
- evil
- unfavorable
- miserable
- gloomy
- cheerless
- elegiacal
- hopeless
- saturnine
- sombre
- godforsaken
- lugubrious
- chill
- glum
- dreich
- dismal
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
ominous, menacing, sinister, unfortunate, ill-boding, dire, threatening, darkening, somber, doomy
golden, prosperous, promising, auspicious, bright, unthreatening, hopeful, golden, encouraging, encouraging
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.
