portents Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- intimations
- straws-in-the-wind
- prophesies
- prophecies
- precursors
- forerunners
- badges
- presages
- bodings
- harbingers
Weak:
portents Meaning
portents
a sign or warning of a coming event, prophetic indication or significance, something that foreshadows a coming event, marvel, prodigy
portents Sentence Examples
- The faint crackling in the fireplace seemed an ominous portent of impending disaster.
- The eerie silence that fell over the forest hinted at ominous portents yet unseen.
- The astrologer's predictions painted a dire picture, filled with portents of impending doom.
- The sudden appearance of a flock of black ravens was widely interpreted as a portent of ill fortune.
- The blacksmith's anvil rang out with a hollow tone, a portent of trouble looming on the horizon.
- The sudden and inexplicable death of the town's elder was seen as a portent of darker days to come.
- The storm's violent fury was preceded by a series of uncanny portents, including the appearance of strange constellations.
- The seer's trance-like state yielded visions that were rife with portents of a coming conflict.
- The collapse of the city wall was a potent portent of the kingdom's impending fall.
- The howling of the winter wind carried with it chilling portents of a long and harsh season.
FAQs About the word portents
a sign or warning of a coming event, prophetic indication or significance, something that foreshadows a coming event, marvel, prodigy
auguries, auspices, suggestions, heralds, foreshadowings, forebodings, predictions,omens, hints, intimations
No antonyms found.
The faint crackling in the fireplace seemed an ominous portent of impending disaster.
The eerie silence that fell over the forest hinted at ominous portents yet unseen.
The astrologer's predictions painted a dire picture, filled with portents of impending doom.
The sudden appearance of a flock of black ravens was widely interpreted as a portent of ill fortune.
