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portentous - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
portentous
Definition
(adj) of momentous or ominous significance
Synonyms
:
prodigious
Example Sentence
such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity
a prodigious vision
Definition
(adj) ominously prophetic
Synonyms
:
fateful
,
foreboding
Definition
(adj) puffed up with vanity
Synonyms
:
grandiloquent
,
overblown
,
pompous
,
pontifical
Example Sentence
a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for portentous
portentous
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