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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024por•ten•tous /pɔrˈtɛntəs/USA pronunciation adj. - of the nature of a portent.
- indicating something bad for the future:a portentous defeat.
- overly self-important;
pompous.
por•ten•tous•ly, adv.: He spoke portentously of the decline in literacy.See -tend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024por•ten•tous (pôr ten′təs, pōr-),USA pronunciation adj. - of the nature of a portent;
momentous. - ominously significant or indicative:a portentous defeat.
- marvelous;
amazing;
prodigious.
- Latin portentōsus. See portent, -ous
- 1530–40
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See ominous.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unpropitious, inauspicious, threatening.
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