12+ Synonyms for Portentous & Similar Words
Definition of portentous
- adjective
- of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"
- ominously prophetic
- puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
12 synonyms found
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- What are synonyms for portentous?
- Synonyms for portentous include: fateful, foreboding, grandiloquent, important, overblown, pompous, pontifical, pretentious, prodigious, prophetic, and 2 more.
- How many synonyms does portentous have?
- Portentous has 12 synonyms.