portentous
/pɔɹtˈɛntəs/ · 3 syllables
Meaning
adjective
- of momentous or ominous significance- Herman Melville
“such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity” - ominously prophetic
- puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
“a grandiloquent and boastful manner”
Synonyms for portentous
Words that rhyme with portentous
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