Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   portentous

   /pɔːˈtɛntəs/

   adjective

   • 1. of or like a portent; of momentous significance: "this portentous year in Canadian history" Similar ominouswarningforeshadowingpredictivepremonitoryprognosticatorymomentousfatefulthreateningmenacingforebodingsinisterill-omenedinauspiciousunpropitiousunpromisinggloomyunfavourable
   • ▪ done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress: "the author's portentous moralizings" Similar pompousbombasticself-importantpontificalponderoussolemnsonorousgrandiloquentdeclamatoryoverblownoverripeinflatedrhetoricaloratorical

   Derivatives

   • 1. portentously adverb
   • 2. portentousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points