PORTENTOUS

/pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 15

Scrabble letter values: P3O1R1T1E1N1T1O1U1S1 = 12

Definition

  1. adjective of momentous or ominous significance. — synonyms: prodigious
  2. adjective ominously prophetic. — synonyms: fateful, foreboding(a)
  3. adjective puffed up with vanity. — synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical

Examples

  • “such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville”
  • “a prodigious vision”
  • “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”

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