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(A portent is an omen. Portentous means ominous or forboding, and is often confused with pretentious, which means falsely or excessively arrogant or proud, as a braggart or aristocrat.)
"The dark skies were a portentous sign of the approaching storm."
"The sighting of a comet was once viewed as portentous of a disaster."
There was a portentous silence following the Captain's sudden resignation announcement.
The psychic's readings were rather portentous in nature.
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∙ 13y ago"The earthquakes were an unmistakable portent of the coming eruption of the volcano."
"The drop in contributions was another portent of defeat in the election."
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