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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 -- (of ominous significance) 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(postnominal), 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(postnominal), portentous => prophetic (vs. unprophetic), prophetical Sense 3 grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous => pretentious (vs. unpretentious) Attributes of adj portentous Familiarity of adj portentous portentous used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj portentous 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 -- (of ominous significance) 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)
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