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