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