| NOUN | event | portent, omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | a sign of something about to happen |
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| Sounds | pao'rtehnt | |
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| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | A sign of something about to happen. | |
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| Synonyms | omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | |
| Narrower | auspice | A favorable omen |
| death knell | An omen of death or destruction | |
| foreboding | An unfavorable omen | |
| Broader | augury, sign, foretoken, preindication | An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
| Spanish | agüero, anuncio, augurio, auspicio, premonición, presagio, pronóstico | |
| Catalan | anunci, auguri, averany, premonició, presagi, prodigi, senyal | |
| Adjectives | portentous | ominously prophetic |
| portentous | of momentous or ominous significance | |
| Verbs | portend | indicate by signs |
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