portent

English - Turkish

Definition of portent in English Turkish dictionary

{i} kötüye işaret

{i} kötülük belirtisi

alamet

haberci

uğursuz

işaret

iyi ya da kötü bir şeyin habercisi

{i} kehanet

{i} delalet

belirti

mucize

harika

Related Terms

portentous

(kötü bir şeyin) haberci/işareti olan

portentous

uğursuz

portentous

{s} olağanüstü

portentous

{s} kötü

portentous

{s} mucizevi

portentous

olağanüstü/uğursuz

English - English

Definition of portent in English English dictionary

Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen

Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy

A portending; significance; as, a howl of dire portent

anything that indicates what is to happen

{n} an omen or token of ill, sign, prodigy

A portent is something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future. The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region = indication, sign. a sign or warning that something is going to happen = omen portent of

a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign

Forewarning of something to be feared; hint or indication of a future undesired event or consequence

{i} indication, hint; sign, omen of future events

That which portends, or foretoken; esp

Related Terms

portentous

ominous; portending evil

portentous

marvelous; prodigious; wonderful

portentous

ominous

portentous

{a} foreboding, ominous, monstrous

portentous

of ominous significance

portentous

Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size

portentous

Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp

portentous

{s} boding evil; prophesying bad events; impressive, amazing; ideal, exemplary; pompous, arrogant

portentous

Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events. In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous

portentous

of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

portentous

puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

portentous

of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous

portentous

foreshadowing ill; ominous

portentous

disapproval If someone's way of speaking, writing, or behaving is portentous, they speak, write, or behave more seriously than necessary because they want to impress other people. There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour. portentous prose. = pompous + portentously por·ten·tous·ly `The difference is,' he said portentously, `you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins.'

portentous

monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision

portents

plural of portent

Hyphenation

por·tent

Turkish pronunciation

pôrtent

Synonyms

augury, bodement, boding, caution, clue, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretoken, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, harbinger, hunch, omen, premonition, presage

Antonyms

doom

Pronunciation

/ˈpôrtent/ /ˈpɔːrtɛnt/

Etymology

[ 'por-"tent, 'pOr- ] (noun.) circa 1587. Latin portentum, from neuter of portentus, past participle of portendere.