English > portent: 1 sense > noun 1, eventMeaning | A sign of something about to happen. |
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Synonyms | omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy |
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Narrower | auspice | A favorable omen |
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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 |
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Spanish | agüero, anuncio, augurio, auspicio, premonición, presagio, pronóstico |
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Catalan | anunci, auguri, averany, premonició, presagi, prodigi, senyal |
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Adjectives | portentous | ominously prophetic |
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portentous | of momentous or ominous significance |
Verbs | portend | indicate by signs |
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