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Meaning of portent
A sign or warning that something, especially something bad, is going to happen.
Etymology of portent
The word "portent" comes from the Latin "portentum", meaning "a sign" or "a wonder", which is derived from "portendere", meaning "to foretell" or "to predict", and is related to "portare", meaning "to carry" and "tendere", meaning "to stretch"
Synonyms
omen
sign
augury
warning
indication
forecast
prediction
presage
foreboding
intuition
hunch
feeling
sense
impression
notion
forecast
prophecy
prognostic
portension
presagement
vaticination
forewarning
admonition
threat
menace
foreshadowing
harbinger
signal
token
omenology
Definitions
- A sign or warning that something, especially something bad, is going to happen
- An event or situation that is thought to show what will happen in the future
- A person or thing that is regarded as a sign or warning of something
Usage Examples
- The earthquake was seen as a portent of worse things to come
- The company's financial troubles were a portent of its eventual bankruptcy
- The strange dream was a portent of a major change in her life