Of late, this portentous mansion has begun to give signs of dilapidation and decay.
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Portentous
//pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs//
Synonyms for "portentous" (167 found)
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Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
Adjective(31 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- важничещ adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
- зловещ adj (ominous; portending evil)
- злокобен adj (ominous; portending evil)
- надут adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
Catalan
1 entries- portentós adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 凶兆嘅 adj (ominous; portending evil)
Dutch
1 entries- onheilspellend adj (ominous; portending evil)
Esperanto
1 entries- malbonaŭgura adj (ominous; portending evil)
Finnish
2 entries- enteellinen adj (ominous; portending evil)
- pahaenteinen adj (ominous; portending evil)
German
4 entries- bedeutungsschwer adj (ominous; portending evil)
- eitel adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
- hochtrabend adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
- unheildrohend adj (ominous; portending evil)
Hungarian
1 entries- vészjósló adj (ominous; portending evil)
Italian
1 entries- portentoso adj (ominous; portending evil)
Japanese
1 entries- 前兆的な adj (ominous; portending evil)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- høyttravende adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
- oppstyltet adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
- svulstig adj (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful)
Polish
1 entries- złowieszczy adj (ominous; portending evil)
Russian
1 entries- злове́щий adj (ominous; portending evil)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zlòguk adj (ominous; portending evil)
- zlòslutan adj (ominous; portending evil)
- зло̀гук adj (ominous; portending evil)
- зло̀слутан adj (ominous; portending evil)
Spanish
1 entries- portentoso adj (ominous; portending evil)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Well may it sort [be fitting] that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch, so like the King that was and is the question of these wars.
Source: wiktionary
It is no longer in my possession, but my memory holds almost every word of its portentous message; and again I affirm my confidence in the sanity of the man who wrote it.
Source: wiktionary
The chaplain's first mention of the name Yossarian! had tolled deep in his memory like a portentous gong.
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