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Synonyms for portentous in English

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portentous:
- portentous; very solemn
- pompous; pontifical; grandiloquent; portentous; overblown; fateful; foreboding; prodigious

English

Detailed Synonyms for portentous in English

portentous:

portentous

portentous
portentous; very solemn
- portentous
- very solemn

portentous adj

portentous

– puffed up with vanity ¹
pompous; pontifical; grandiloquent; portentous; overblown
– puffed up with vanity ¹
- pompous adj
  - a pompous speech¹
- pontifical adj
  - pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey¹
- grandiloquent adj
  - a grandiloquent and boastful manner¹
- portentous adj
- overblown adj
  - overblown oratory¹
portentous

– ominously prophetic ¹
fateful; foreboding; portentous
– ominously prophetic ¹
- fateful adj
- foreboding adj
- portentous adj
portentous

– of momentous or ominous significance ¹
prodigious; portentous
– of momentous or ominous significance ¹
- prodigious adj
  - a prodigious vision¹
- portentous adj
  - such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity¹

Related Words for "portentous":

portentousness, portentously

Alternate Synonyms for "portentous":

prodigious; significant; important
fateful; foreboding; prophetic; prophetical
grandiloquent; overblown; pompous; pontifical; pretentious

Related Definitions for "portentous":

puffed up with vanity¹
ominously prophetic¹
of momentous or ominous significance¹
- such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity¹

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