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portentous
Overview of adj portentous
The adj portentous has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) portentous, prodigious -- (of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision")
2. (1) fateful, foreboding, portentous -- (ominously prophetic)
3. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous -- (puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek)
Antonyms of adj portentous
3 senses of portentous
Sense 1
portentous, prodigious
INDIRECT (VIA significant) -> insignificant, unimportant
Sense 2
fateful, foreboding(prenominal), portentous
INDIRECT (VIA prophetic) -> unprophetic
Sense 3
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
INDIRECT (VIA pretentious) -> unpretentious
Similarity of adj portentous
3 senses of portentous
Sense 1
portentous, prodigious
=> significant (vs. insignificant), important
Sense 2
fateful, foreboding(prenominal), portentous
=> prophetic (vs. unprophetic), prophetical
Sense 3
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
=> pretentious (vs. unpretentious)
Pertainyms of adj portentous
Attributes of adj portentous
Domain of adj portentous
Domain Terms of adj portentous
Familiarity of adj portentous
portentous used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj portentous
portentous
Grep of adv portentous
portentously
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