portentous

Letters that make portentous

s, o, e, n, p, r, t, u are letters that make 'portentous'

Words within portentous

OR, te, portent, NT, Porte, PO, en, port, ten, US, Po, tent, Te are words within 'portentous'


3 possible definitions for 'portentous'

Portentous as "puffed up with vanity"

Under this definition, portentous is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

overblown, pontifical, grandiloquent, pompous have the same meaning as 'portentous'

Derivatives of portentous

ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, pomp, ostentation, inflation, gaudery are derivatives of 'portentous'.

Similar to portentous

pretentious is similar to portentous.


Portentous as "ominously prophetic"

Under this definition, portentous is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fateful, foreboding(a) have the same meaning as 'portentous'

Derivatives of portentous

omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy are derivatives of 'portentous'.

Similar to portentous

prophetic, prophetical are similar to 'portentous'.


Portentous as "of momentous or ominous significance"

Under this definition, portentous is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

prodigious has the same meaning as portentous

Derivatives of portentous

omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy are derivatives of 'portentous'.

Similar to portentous

important, significant are similar to 'portentous'.

Example of portentous used within this context

"such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville, "a prodigious vision"



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