portentous
adjective
of the nature of a portent; momentous.
portentousness
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a word derived from
portentous.
Example Sentences
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“It should obviously be being written as comedy. Instead, the story is being chronicled with maximum portentousness by its own protagonists.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
At the time, plenty of rival news outlets—including Slate—ribbed the Post for its portentousness.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2025
And it’s that very irony which Mendes replaces with a lumbering portentousness.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2020
There are no false moves in his portrayal of Hamer, no portentousness, just focus and well-earned worry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
If he gave away her identity at all it would be only by the portentousness of his secrecy.
From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
