What is another word for portentous?
234 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ h_ˈɑː_d d_ɹ_ˈʌ_ɡ], [ hˈɑːd dɹˈʌɡ], [ hˈɑːd dɹˈʌɡ], [ p_ɔː_t_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_s], [ pɔːtˈɛntəs], [ pɔːtˈɛntəs]Table of Contents
Similar words for portentous:- all (adjective)
- apocalyptical (adjective)
- dangerous (adjective)
- dire (adjective)
- fateful (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- fustian (adjective)
- hellfire (adjective)
- pompous (adjective)
- portentous (adjective)
- puffed-up (adjective)
- sinister (adjective)
- solemn (adjective)
- threatening (adjective)
- unusual (adjective)
- weighty (adjective)
- portentous (noun)
- other synonyms
- sinister
Definition for Portentous:
Synonyms for Portentous:
adj.
•all (adjective) •apocalyptical (adjective) •dangerous (adjective)- unsafe,
- wicked,
- delicate,
- terrible,
- fatal,
- shaky,
- unhealthy,
- insecure,
- urgent,
- risky,
- Viperous,
- perilous,
- touchy,
- Jeopardous,
- serious,
- queasy,
- dynamite,
- unstable,
- mortal,
- ticklish,
- pressing,
- vulnerable,
- serpentine,
- critical,
- chancy,
- speculative,
- deadly,
- nasty,
- breakneck,
- thorny,
- parlous,
- formidable,
- menacing,
- precarious,
- touch and go,
- impregnable,
- loaded,
- dangersome,
- touch-and-go,
- exposed,
- on collision course,
- bad,
- treacherous,
- malignant.
- frightful,
- ugly,
- Oppressing,
- distressing,
- catastrophic,
- afflictive,
- gloomy,
- horrible,
- appalling,
- grim,
- scowling,
- dreadful,
- unfortunate,
- heartbreaking,
- fearful,
- regrettable,
- depressing,
- deplorable,
- terrific,
- black,
- horrid,
- fierce,
- cruel,
- woeful,
- calamitous,
- cataclysmic,
- grievous,
- awful,
- dismal,
- redoubtable,
- lamentable,
- disastrous,
- shocking.
- hairy,
- chilling,
- disquieting,
- inconceivable,
- dread,
- unnerving,
- repellent,
- hideous,
- hair-raising,
- atrocious,
- terrifying,
- petrifying,
- macabre,
- morbid,
- spooky,
- horrifying,
- awesome,
- ghastly,
- intimidating,
- lurid,
- gruesome,
- dismaying,
- harrowing,
- daunting.
- pretentious,
- ranting,
- boastful,
- vainglorious,
- high and mighty,
- ostentatious,
- Flaunting,
- self-centered,
- self-important.
- flowery,
- inflated,
- affected,
- windy,
- orotund,
- sonorous,
- magisterial,
- narcissistic,
- showy,
- rhetorical,
- magniloquent,
- flatulent,
- presumptuous,
- selfish,
- turgid,
- grandiose,
- bloated,
- stuck-up.
- ill-fated,
- fated,
- suggestive,
- important,
- impending,
- haunting,
- Augural,
- destined,
- exhilarating,
- thrilling,
- intriguing,
- alarming,
- inspiring.
- deleterious,
- adverse,
- pernicious,
- perverse,
- hurtful,
- unfavorable,
- dishonest,
- evil,
- malevolent,
- obnoxious,
- harmful,
- poisonous,
- corrupt,
- injurious,
- mischievous.
- in-tenser,
- in tenser,
- more brooding,
- matter life and death,
- in-tensest,
- in-tense,
- nononsense,
- de-liberate,
- in tense,
- most brooding,
- matter of life death,
- de liberate,
- matter life death.
n.
•portentous (noun)Other synonyms:
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- apocalyptic,
- apocalyptical,
- consultative,
- fire and brimstone,
- cautionary,
- advisory,
- Consulting,
- hellfire,
- warning,
- deterrent.
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- baneful.
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- unlucky.
Antonyms for Portentous:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
customary, prosperous, enervating, tedious, draining, beggarly, weary, vulgar, unpretentious, monotonous, boring, humble, uninspired, commonplace, Jading, debilitating, unimportant, benign, wearing, tiring, typical, base, wearying, unremarkable, ordinary, inferior, undignified, usual, uninteresting, normal, unexceptional, auspicious, unprophetic, demoralizing, golden, despicable, unimpressive, disheartening, unthreatening, common, paltry, wearisome, mundane, enfeebling, lowly, insignificant, dispiriting, uninspiring, contemptible, discouraging, mean, exhausting, dull.
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Other antonyms:
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n.
nonsignificant.
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