portentous - definition of portentous


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English - Definition of portentous

adj. boding evil; prophesying bad events; impressive, amazing; ideal, exemplary; pompous, arrogant

English To Spanish - portentous

adj. portentoso, descomunal, fenomenal, monumental; de mal agüero, ominoso

English To French - portentous

adj. de mauvais augure; sinistre; impressionnant; exemplaire; pontifiant

English To German - portentous

adj. unheilvoll

English To Italian - portentous

agg. premonitore; sinistro, infausto; portentoso, prodigioso; pomposo, borioso, vanitoso; ampolloso, ridondante

English To Portuguese - portentous

adj. aquele que traz maus prenúncios; aquele que profetiza desgraças; prodígio; impressionante; primoroso; brilhante

English To Russian - portentous

прил. зловещий, предсказывающий дурное, необыкновенный, удивительный, важный, напыщенный

English To Turkish - portentous

s. uğursuz, kötü, mucizevi, olağanüstü

English To Albanian - portentous

adj. ogurzi, ndjellakeq, habitshëm: i habitshëm

English To Dutch - portentous

bn. onheilspellend, plechtig, veelbetekenend, ontzaglijk

English To Greek - portentous

επίθ. δυσοίωνος

English To ChineseS - portentous

(形) 前兆的, 可惊的, 不吉的

English To ChineseT - portentous

(形) 前兆的, 可驚的, 不吉的

English To Japanese - portentous

(形) 前兆となる; 驚くべき; もったいぶった; 不吉な

English To Korean - portentous

형. 전조의, 놀랄 만한, 장중한

Definitions

adjective: of momentous or ominous significance Example:Such a portentous. ..monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville.

adjective: of ominous significance

adjective: puffed up with vanity

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Synonyms for portentous
1. extraordinary: phenomenal, remarkable, amazing, incredible, astounding, indescribable, wondrous
2. ominous: foreboding, inauspicious, prophetic, forewarning, threatening, ill-fated, menacing
3. momentous: crucial, major, fraught, serious, consequential, significant, climacteric