portentous

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Of momentous or ominous significance.
2. Ominously prophetic.
3. Puffed up with vanity.

Concepten

onheilspellend

geducht

ontzaglijk

ontzettend

plechtig

verschrikkelijk

vreselijk

afschuwelijk

schrikwekkend

Synoniemen

pompous

foreboding

inauspicious

prodigious

ominous

ill-omened

pontifical

pretentious

fateful

overblown

grandiloquent

sinister

pessimistic

significant

swanky

uncommon

unlucky

unusual

sinistrous

frightsome

awful

sucktastic

baleful

black

dreadful

extraordinary

fearsome

formidable

godforsaken

grandiose

horrendous

horrible

oracular

Vertalingen

pomposo

δυσοίωνος

pompeux

solenne

fatidico

aciago

unheilvoll

horrorós

colpidor

terrible

campanut

grandil·loqüent

pompós

entsetzlich

ampul·lós

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Of multiple origins:
* Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus (“predicted”) + -ōsus. Compare earlier portentuous (via Middle English from Latin portentuōsus). By surface analysis, portent + -ous.
* Borrowed from French portentueux