portentously Sentence Examples
- The storm clouds gathered portentously, hinting at an imminent downpour.
- The professor's voice droned portentously, casting a pall of boredom over the lecture hall.
- The lottery results were announced portentously, leaving the audience in suspense.
- The doctor's prognosis was delivered portentously, signaling a grave diagnosis.
- The silence stretched portentously, creating an atmosphere of unease.
- The child's intuition was surprisingly portentous, foretelling an unforeseen event.
- The bird's flight pattern seemed portentous, suggesting a change in the weather.
- The politician's speech was rife with portentous rhetoric, aimed at swaying the hearts of his constituents.
- The sudden appearance of a black cat was interpreted portentously as a harbinger of bad luck.
- The clock ticked portentously, marking the inexorable passage of time.
portentously Meaning
portentously (r)
in a portentous manner
Synonyms & Antonyms of portentously
Synonyms:
- sombre
- lugubrious
- elegiac
- malign
- gloomy
- sepulchral
- tenebrous
- disconsolate
- forlorn
- dim
- cold
- dismal
- lonesome
- plutonian
- saturnine
- elegiacal
- malignant
- dreich
- morose
- disheartening
- cheerless
- glum
- unlucky
- discouraging
- hopeless
- chill
- funereal
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- godforsaken
- drear
- dreary
- cloudy
- cimmerian
- evil
- sunless
- sullen
- morbid
- unfavorable
- miserable
- troubled
- comfortless
- wretched
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word portentously
in a portentous manner
menacing, sinister,ominous, ill-boding, dire, murky, depressive, minatory, depressing, inauspicious
hopeful, golden, golden, bright, prosperous, bright, unthreatening, prosperous, benign, auspicious
The storm clouds gathered portentously, hinting at an imminent downpour.
The professor's voice droned portentously, casting a pall of boredom over the lecture hall.
The lottery results were announced portentously, leaving the audience in suspense.
The doctor's prognosis was delivered portentously, signaling a grave diagnosis.
