How to pronounce“portentous”in English

IPA/pɔrˈtɛn(t)əs/

Syllablespor·ten·tous

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adjective

Of momentous or ominous significance.

“Well may it sort [be fitting] that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch, so like the King that was and is the question of these wars.”

Synonyms:ominous momentous big central

adjective

Ominously prophetic.

Synonyms:foreshadowing predictive premonitory prognosticatory

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