Definition of portent

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Portent (n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign..

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Bodeful :: Bodeful (a.) Portentous; ominous.
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens..
Prodigy :: Prodigy (n.) Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies..
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..
Omen :: Omen (v. t.) To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise..
Portent :: Portent (n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign..
Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size..
Portentive :: Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.
Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent..
Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) A sign or prodigy; a portent.
Prodigious :: Prodigious (a.) Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.
Soothsay :: Soothsay (n.) Omen; portent. Havin.
Ostent :: Ostent (n.) Manifestation; token; portent.
Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..
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