portentous
adjective
Origin of portentous
Synonyms for portentous
Related Words for portentous
haunting, apocalyptic, intriguing, ominous, alarming, amazing, astounding, destined, doomed, exhilarating, extraordinary, fated, fateful, ill-boding, ill-fated, impending, important, inauspicious, inspiring, phenomenalExamples from the Web for portentous
Contemporary Examples of portentous
As such, there is a portentous quality here that can occasionally get in its own way.
Little moments are portentous of grand sweeping changes, and big, dramatic moments are meaningless to all but the few involved.
These portentous rumblings aside, no coherent position on ectogenesis has emerged so far within the pro-life movement.
Behind these macho moves lie some pretty dramatic and portentous policy decisions.
“This is not meant to be pompous, portentous museum entertainment,” Branagh says.
Historical Examples of portentous
Naming him was a portentous proceeding and one not to be lightly gone about.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
I was as a man sapped of all strength by some portentous struggle.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
He delivered himself of this long speech with an air of portentous gravity.
The Dominant StrainAnna Chapin Ray
The most portentous crisis in the history of the human family has just passed.
Buffalo Bill's Spy TrailerColonel Prentiss Ingraham
Therefore he drew him aside in a manner as portentous and ingratiating as he could make it.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum