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